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Sciatica

Sci-at′i-ca

,
Noun.
[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
Ischiadic passion
, under
Ischiadic
.

Definition 2024


sciatica

sciatica

English

Noun

sciatica (countable and uncountable, plural sciaticas)

  1. (pathology, neurology) Neuralgia of the sciatic nerve characterised by pain radiating down through the buttocks and the back of the thigh.

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Italian

Noun

sciatica f (plural sciatiche)

  1. (pathology) sciatica

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sciatica f

  1. feminine singular of sciatico

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