| sciatic | (adj) relating to or caused by or afflicted with sciatica |
| sciatic | (adj) of or relating to the ischium (or the part of the hipbone containing it), Example: sciatic nerve |
| sciatica | (n) neuralgia along the sciatic nerve |
| sciatic nerve | (n) arises from the sacral plexus and passes about halfway down the thigh where it divides into the common peroneal and tibial nerves, Syn. nervus ischiadicus |
| Sciatic | a. [ F. sciatique, LL. sciaticus, from L. ischiadicus, Gr. &unr_;. See Ischiadic. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the hip; in the region of, or affecting, the hip; ischial; ischiatic; |
| Sciatic | n. [ Cf. F. sciatique. ] (Med.) Sciatica. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Sciatica | n. [ NL. ] (Med.) Neuralgia of the sciatic nerve, an affection characterized by paroxysmal attacks of pain in the buttock, back of the thigh, or in the leg or foot, following the course of the branches of the sciatic nerve. The name is also popularly applied to various painful affections of the hip and the parts adjoining it. See |
| Sciatical | a. (Anat.) Sciatic. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Sciatically | adv. With, or by means of, sciatica. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Ischiasnerv { m } [ anat. ] | sciatic nerve [Add to Longdo] |