From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sciatica \Sci*at"i*ca\, noun [NL.] (Med.) 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}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ischiadic \Is'chi*ad"ic\ ([i^]s'k[i^]*[a^]d"[i^]k), adjective [L. ischiadicus, Gr. 'ischiadoko's, fr. 'ischi'on the hip joint, hip or loin. Cf. {Sciatic}.] (Anat.) Ischial. [R.]
{Ischiadic passion} or {Ischiadic disease} (Med.), a rheumatic or neuralgic affection of some part about the hip joint; -- called also {sciatica}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: neuralgia along the sciatic nerve
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
32 Moby Thesaurus words for "sciatica": MS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, brain disease, cephalalgia, cerebral palsy, chorea, emotional disorder, epilepsy, falling sickness, glossopharyngeal neuralgia, headache, herpes zoster, ischialgia, migraine, multiple sclerosis, nervous disorder, neuralgia, neuritis, neuropathy, organic psychosis, palsy, polyneuritis, pressure neuropathy, priapism, radiculitis, sciatic neuritis, shaking palsy, shingles, spastic paralysis, the jerks, tic douloureux, toxic psychosis
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