hamstring vs paralyse

hamstring

verb
  • To cripple; to incapacitate; to disable. 

  • To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough. 

noun
  • 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. 

  • The biceps femoris, semimembranosus, and semitendinosus muscles. 

paralyse

verb
  • To make unable to move; to immobilize. 

  • To afflict with paralysis. 

  • To make unable to function properly. 

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