Sci·at·i·ca n. 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.
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Is·chi·ad·ic a. Anat. Ischial. [R.]
Ischiadic passion or Ischiadic disease Med., a rheumatic or neuralgic affection of some part about the hip joint; -- called also sciatica.
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