The 20-year old, who joined from Borussia Dortmund this late spring in a transfer fee of which could be worth £135.5m, stumbled off amid his side's prevail upon Getafe on Saturday.
An announcement on the club's site said the France International had burst "his ligament in the femoral bicep in his left thigh."
"He is relied upon to be out for in the vicinity of three and a half months and four months,"
Dembele was making his first league start for Barcelona in the league match against Getafe and his third in all competitions .
He went ahead as a substitute against Espanyol, began in their Champions League triumph over Juventus, before enduring just 29 minutes against Getafe.
Dembele will likewise miss France's last two World Cup qualifiers away to Bulgaria and at home to Belarus in October.
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