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Definition of Sciatic

1. Adjective. Relating to or caused by or afflicted with sciatica.

2. Adjective. Of or relating to the ischium (or the part of the hipbone containing it). "Sciatic nerve"

Definition of Sciatic

1. a. Of or pertaining to the hip; in the region of, or affecting, the hip; ischial; ischiatic; as, the sciatic nerve, sciatic pains.

2. n. Sciatica.

Definition of Sciatic

1. Adjective. Of, or relating to the ischium. ¹

2. Adjective. Of, or relating to sciatica. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sciatic

1. a nerve, vein, or artery situated near the hip [n -S]

Medical Definition of Sciatic

1. Of or pertaining to the hip; in the region of, or affecting, the hip; ischial; ischiatic; as, the sciatic nerve, sciatic pains. Origin: F. Sciatique, LL. Sciaticus, from L. Inschiadicus, Gr. See Ischiadic. Sciatica. Origin: Cf. F. Sciatique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sciatic

sciaenoid sciaenoids sciafilous sciage sciagraph sciagraphical sciagraphs sciagraphy scialytic sciamachies

sciamachy sciance sciara sciarid sciarids sciatic (current term) sciatic foramen sciatic hernia sciatic nerve sciatic nerves

sciatic neuralgia sciatic neuritis sciatic plexus sciatic scoliosis sciatica sciatical sciatically sciaticas sciatics

Literary usage of Sciatic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"It passes out of the pelvis through the great sciatic notch, beneath the Pyriformis ... The Small sciatic Nerve (Fig. 423) supplies the integument of the ..."

2. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Edward Albert Schäfer, Johnson Symington, Thomas Hastie Bryce (1909)
"In its course downwards, the sciatic nerve supplies offsets to the hamstring ... The branches of the sciatic nerve to the muscles arising from the ischial ..."

3. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1898)
"Biro presents some diagnostic points between inflammation, neuralgia, and hysterical disease of the sciatic nerve. In neuritis the Achilles tendon reflex is ..."

4. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The sciatic (n. ischiadicus; great sciatic nerve) (Fig. ... It passes out of the pelvis through the greater sciatic foramen, below the Piriformis muscle. ..."

5. Handbook of Therapy by Oliver Thomas Osborne, Morris Fishbein (1920)
"sciatic NEURALGIA AND sciatic NEURITIS While the sciatic nerve or its branches may ... As with backache, a patient who has sciatic pain should be carefully ..."

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