semimembranosus

Etymology

From Latin sēmimembrānōsus.

noun

  1. (anatomy) A muscle in the back of the thigh; the most medial of the three hamstring muscles (meaning it is more to the inner of the thighs, not between the two others in one leg, which is the semitendinosus).

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