hamstring injury
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2.8
- noun
- /ˈhæmstrɪŋ ˈɪndʒəri/
- Specialized
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lesión de isquiotibiales
- She has been undergoing physical therapy to recover from a recurring hamstring injury.
- suffered a hamstring injury
- recover from a hamstring injury
- sidelined with a hamstring injury
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Doug Baldwin returned to practice last week after missing more than a week due to a hamstring injury.
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Danieal Manning will be out for a while as he heals from his hamstring injury.
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Afterwards, he sustained a hamstring injury and ended up missing six games in the season.
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Receiver Logan Gray is also dealing with a hamstring injury.
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Borland is still struggling with a hamstring injury suffered last week against Indiana.
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Rowe, who has missed two games with a hamstring injury, will play Thursday, Whittingham said.
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Head coach Ron Rivera said he was optimistic Norman's hamstring injury isn't serious.
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For the Panthers, defensive end Antwan Applewhite has already been ruled out because of a hamstring injury.
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Linebacker Stevenson Sylvester is questionable with a hamstring injury that's kept him out of the last two games.
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Starting weakside linebacker David Hawthorne was a full participant in practice with a hamstring injury that sidelined him last Sunday against Denver.
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Synonyms
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4.2
An injury to a muscle or tendon caused by overstretching that causes pain
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4.8
An injury to a muscle caused by stretching it too much
How Severe
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'hamstring' names the muscle group at the back of the thigh and 'injury' means physical harm, so 'hamstring injury' straightforwardly denotes harm to that muscle. This is a literal, anatomical noun–noun combination (not idiomatic) and follows common cross‑linguistic patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should understand it.
Etymology
Hamstring injury comes from old words for the back of the thigh: ham meant the thigh and string meant the tight bands there. Long ago, people would cut an animal's hamstrings to stop it running, so when those bands or the muscles are hurt today we call it a 'hamstring injury' because it makes the leg weak and painful.