Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Sciatic"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Sciatic \Sci*at"ic\, a. [F. sciatique, LL. sciaticus, from L.
ischiadicus, Gr. ?. See {Ischiadic}.] (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the hip; in the region of, or affecting,
the hip; ischial; ischiatic; as, the sciatic nerve, sciatic
pains.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Sciatic \Sci*at"ic\, n. [Cf. F. sciatique.] (Med.)
Sciatica.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

sciatic
adj 1: relating to or caused by or afflicted with sciatica
2: of or relating to the ischium (or the part of the hipbone
containing it); "sciatic nerve"


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