hamstring

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. One of the great tendons situated in each side of the ham, or space back of the knee, and connected with the muscles of the back of the thigh.
2. (informal) The biceps femoris, semimembranosus, and semitendinosus muscles.

Verb

1. (transitive) To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough.
2. (figuratively, transitive) To cripple; to incapacitate; to disable.

Conceptes

tallar els braons

esbraonar

Sinònims

cripple

hamstring tendon

tendon

Achilles’ tendon

confine

delimit

delimitate

demarcate

determine

disorganize

encumber

frustrate

hough

achilles tendon

lame

limit

localise

localize

narrow down

numb

number

🔢

palsy

paralyse

paralyze

restrict

unman

hamshackle

inhibit

border

cap

clamp down

Traduccions

Kniesehne

tendon

tendine

Achillessehne

tendón de la corva

tendon du jarret

σακατεύω

νευροκοπώ

عرقوب

ιγνυακός τενών

εξουδετερώνω

παραλύω

وَتَر اَلْمَأْبَض

τένοντας του ποδιού

vereiteln

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈhæmstɹɪŋ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

From ham (“region back of the knee joint”) + string.