Sciatica

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. 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.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Neuralgia of the sciatic nerve characterised by pain radiating down through the buttocks and the back of the thigh.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Pain and tenderness in a sciatic nerve, its branches and peripheral distribution.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. neuralgia along the sciatic nerve
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    neuralgia    neuralgy   
    Cross Reference
    sciatica cress   
    Variant
    ischiadic   
    Form
    sciatic   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    neuritis    myalgia    anæmia    multiforme    toothache   
     
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