sciatica

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Pain along the sciatic nerve usually caused by a herniated disk of the lumbar region of the spine and radiating to the buttocks and to the back of the thigh.

[Middle English, from Medieval Latin, from feminine of sciaticus, of the hip; see sciatic.]

sciatica [saɪˈætɪkə]

(Medicine / Pathology) a form of neuralgia characterized by intense pain and tenderness along the course of the body's longest nerve (sciatic nerve), extending from the back of the thigh down to the calf of the leg

[from Late Latin sciatica; see sciatic]

sciatica

a painful condition in the region of the thighs and hips caused by neuritis of the sciatic nerve in the back of the thigh.

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Noun

sciatica - neuralgia along the sciatic nerve

neuralgia, neuralgy - acute spasmodic pain along the course of one or more nerves

Translations

sciatica [saɪˈætɪkə] N (Med) → ciática f

sciatica [saɪˈætɪkə] n → sciatique f

sciatica

n → Ischias m or nt

sciatica [saɪˈætɪkə] n (Med) → sciatica

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ischialgia
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sciatic
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slipped disk

This naturally led to some pleasant chat about sciatica, fevers, chills, lung diseases, and bronchitis; and Harris said how very awkward it would be if one of us were taken seriously ill in the night, seeing how far away we were from a doctor.

Three Men In A Boat (To Say Nothing Of The Dog) by Jerome, Jerome K. View in context

She remembered the time when the house was shut up by associating it with the time when she was confined to her bed by an attack of sciatica.

Law and the Lady by Collins, Wilkie View in context

He seemed to be afflicted with some form of sciatica, and limped painfully along.

The Country Doctor by de Balzac, Honore View in context

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