sciatic

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: sci=at=ic

CIDE DICTIONARY

sciatic, a. [F. sciatique, LL. sciaticus, from L. ischiadicus, Gr. . See Ischiadic.].

 Of or pertaining to the hip; in the region of, or affecting, the hip; ischial; ischiatic; as, the sciatic nerve, sciatic pains.  [1913 Webster]

sciatic, n. [Cf. F. sciatique.].

 Sciatica.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

sciatic, adj.
1 of the hip.
2 of or affecting the sciatic nerve.
3 suffering from or liable to sciatica.

Idiom

sciatic nerve the largest nerve in the human body, running from the pelvis to the thigh.

Derivative

sciatically adv.

Etymology

F sciatique f. LL sciaticus f. L ischiadicus f. Gk iskhiadikos subject to sciatica f. iskhion hip-joint