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ɪ noun Pathology.
1.
pain and tenderness at some points of the sciatic nerve, usually caused by a prolapsed intervertebral disk; sciatic neuralgia.
2.
any painful disorder extending from the hip down the back of the thigh and surrounding area.
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| 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 | |
| [C15: from Late Latin sciatica; see | |
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Word Origin & History
sciatica
late 14c., from M.L. sciatica, in sciatica passio "sciatic disease," from fem. of sciaticus "sciatic," from L. ischiadicus "of pain in the hip," from Gk. iskhiadikos, from iskhias (gen. iskhiados) "pain in the hips," from iskhion "hip joint." Sciatic (adj.) is attested from 1540s.
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Medical Dictionary
sciatica sci·at·i·ca (sī-āt'ĭ-kə)
n.
Pain along the sciatic nerve that radiates from the lower back to the buttocks and back of the thigh and is usually caused by a herniated disk of the lumbar region of the spine.
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Sciatica is created by joint misalignment, muscle spasm and inflammation.
Advice to rest in bed versus advice to stay active for acute low-back pain and sciatica.
At the link are a number of poses which relieve sciatica, but some are contraindicated with certain back injuries.
He has been suffering for ten years past from chronic nephritis, a condition which became complicated with diabetes and sciatica.
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