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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

ハムストリング

Pronunciation / Transliteration: hamusutoringu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Hamstring/ˈhæm.strɪŋ/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"選手は試合中にハムストリングを痛めた。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Any of five tendons at the back of the human knee, or the large muscle group at the back of the thigh.

    "He strained his hamstring during the second half of the football match."
As verb
  1. 1

    To severely restrict the efficiency or effectiveness of someone or something.

    "The new regulations will hamstring local businesses and reduce innovation."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old English 'ham' or 'hom' meaning the back of the knee or thigh, combined with 'string' denoting a tendon. Historically used to describe the large tendons at the back of the knee in humans and quadrupeds, evolving figuratively to mean crippling or severely restricting someone's capacity to act.

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