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Sciatic

Adjective

sci=at=ic

WORDNET DICTIONARY

sciatic(a = adj.pert) Array - relating to or caused by or afflicted with sciatica; Array

sciatic(a = adj.pert) Array - of or relating to the ischium (or the part of the hipbone containing it); "sciatic nerve"

Sciatic, a. [F. sciatique, LL. sciaticus, from L. ischiadicus, Gr. . See Ischiadic.].

Of or pertaining to the hip; in the region of, or affecting, the hip; ischial; ischiatic; as, the sciatic nerve, sciatic pains. [1913 Webster]

Sciatic, n. [Cf. F. sciatique.].

Sciatica. [1913 Webster]

Sciatic, adj.
1 of the hip.
2 of or affecting the sciatic nerve.
3 suffering from or liable to sciatica.

Idiom

sciatic nerve the largest nerve in the human body, running from the pelvis to the thigh.

Derivative

sciatically adv.

Etymology

F sciatique f. LL sciaticus f. L ischiadicus f. Gk iskhiadikos subject to sciatica f. iskhion hip-joint

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