semimembranous

As a noun terms

is .

As an adjective semimembranous is

partially membranous.

As a noun semimembranosus

is a muscle in the back of the thigh; the most medial of the three hamstring muscles.

As an adjective semimembranous is

partially membranous.

As a noun hamstring

is (anatomy) 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.

As a verb hamstring

is to lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough; hence, to cripple; to incapacitate; to disable.

As an adjective semimembranous is

partially membranous.

As adjectives the difference between membranous and semimembranous

is that membranous is having the qualities of, or pertaining to, a membrane while semimembranous is partially membranous.