The hamstring muscles include the biceps femoris, the semitendinosus and the semimembranosus.
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Hamstring
//ˈhæmstɹɪŋ//
Synonyms for "hamstring" (89 found)
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Closest matches (18)
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Related words (44)
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11 entriesTranslations
45 translations across 23 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- وَتَر اَلْمَأْبَض noun (great tendon)
- عَقَرَ verb (to disable)
Bulgarian
3 entries- колянно сухожилие noun (great tendon)
- контузвам verb (to disable)
- осакатявам verb (to disable)
Czech
3 entries- podkolenní šlacha noun (great tendon)
- ochromit verb (to disable)
- paralyzovat verb (to disable)
Danish
1 entries- hase noun (great tendon)
Finnish
3 entries- takareiden lihas noun (great tendon)
- lamaannuttaa verb (to disable)
- rampauttaa verb (to disable)
French
2 entries- ischio-jambier noun (great tendon)
- paralyser verb (to disable)
German
4 entries- Hüftgelenkextensoren noun (great tendon)
- Kniesehne noun (great tendon)
- ischiocrurale Muskulatur noun (great tendon)
- rückseitige Oberschenkelmuskulatur noun (great tendon)
Hungarian
1 entries- térdín noun (great tendon)
Irish
2 entries- teannán ioscaide noun (great tendon)
- speir verb (to disable)
Japanese
1 entries- ハムストリング noun (great tendon)
Korean
1 entries- 햄스트링 noun (great tendon)
Latin
2 entries- mūsculus ischiocrūrālis noun (great tendon)
- subnervō verb (to disable)
Māori
1 entries- iohere kātete noun (great tendon)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- سڭیرلمك verb (to disable)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Hakesän noun (great tendon)
Polish
4 entries- ścięgno udowe noun (great tendon)
- krępować verb (to disable)
- ograniczać verb (to disable)
- ograniczyć verb (to disable)
Russian
2 entries- поджи́лки noun (great tendon)
- подколе́нное сухожи́лие noun (great tendon)
Spanish
2 entries- isquiotibial noun (great tendon)
- músculo isquiotibial noun (great tendon)
Swedish
2 entries- hassena noun (great tendon)
- knäsena noun (great tendon)
Tagalog
1 entries- litid sa alakalakan noun (great tendon)
Turkish
1 entries- sinirlemek verb (to disable)
Welsh
1 entries- llinyn y gar noun (great tendon)
Woiwurrung
1 entries- karra-gora noun (great tendon)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Tom slipped and tore his hamstring.
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You should feel the stretch in your hamstring.
Source: tatoeba (6682879)
Developing muscle around both sides of a joint (think biceps and triceps, abs and low back, quads and hamstrings) should be one of your primary training considerations because strength on each side leads to lower injury rates.
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