semimembranosus

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semimembranosus

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From Latin sēmimembrānōsus.

noun semimembranosi

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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noun The innermost muscle of the thigh

Deutsch	Plattsehnenmuskel
Русский	по̀луперепо́нчатая мы́шца pòluperepónčataja mýšca

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@misc{semimembranosus_2026,
  title = {semimembranosus},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/semimembranosus},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}