sciatic
Americanadjective
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of, pertaining to, situated near, or affecting the ischium or back of the hip.
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affecting the hip or the sciatic nerves.
noun
adjective
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anatomy of or relating to the hip or the hipbone
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of, relating to, or afflicted with sciatica
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Etymology
Origin of sciatic
1535–45; < Medieval Latin sciaticus, alteration of Greek ischiadikós ischiadic ( def. )
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Sciatica is pain or numbness that follows the path of the sciatic nerve from the lower back down the leg.
From Barron's • Oct. 9, 2025
Back pain is a typical symptom, but the pain can spread all the way down the legs and to the feet if one of the sciatic nerves is involved.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2024
VA doctors told him they didn’t want to risk surgery to remove the shrapnel because it was too close to his sciatic nerve.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2023
According to a study published in Nature Materials, the researchers showed the material can be used to precisely stimulate neurons remotely and to bridge the gap in a broken sciatic nerve in a rat model.
From Science Daily • Oct. 10, 2023
He used an electric current to stimulate an amphibian’s calf, then employed the galvanometer to measure how long it took the electrical current to run along the sciatic nerve.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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