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sciatica |
3 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: sciatica n : neuralgia along the sciatic nerve
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