hamstring

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

tendon

tendon du jarret

paralyser

Synonymes

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

Traductions

Kniesehne

Achillessehne

tendine

tendón de la corva

tallar els braons

esbraonar

عرقوب

lähmen

وَتَر اَلْمَأْبَض

vereiteln

εξουδετερώνω

ιγνυακός τενών

νευροκοπώ

παραλύω

كرسف

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈhæmstɹɪŋ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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