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SCIATICA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sciatica mean? 

SCIATICA (noun)
  The noun SCIATICA has 1 sense:

1. neuralgia along the sciatic nerveplay

  Familiarity information: SCIATICA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SCIATICA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Neuralgia along the sciatic nerve

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("sciatica" is a kind of...):

neuralgia; neuralgy (acute spasmodic pain along the course of one or more nerves)

Derivation:

sciatic (relating to or caused by or afflicted with sciatica)


 Context examples 


It results in pain in the hip or the back of the leg mimicking disk-related sciatica.

(Piriformis Muscle Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

This can cause sciatica or back pain.

(Herniated Disk, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)



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