Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sciatica"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ischiadic \Is`chi*ad"ic\, a. [L. ischiadicus, Gr. ?, fr. ? the
hip joint, hip or loin. Cf. {Sciatic}.] (Anat.)
Ischial. [R.]
{Ischiadic} {passion or disease} (Med.), a rheumatic or
neuralgic affection of some part about the hip joint; --
called also {sciatica}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sciatica \Sci*at"i*ca\, 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 {Ischiadic passion}, under {Ischiadic}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sciatica
n : neuralgia along the sciatic nerve
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