SCIATIC


Meaning of SCIATIC in English

adj.1 of the hip.

2 of or affecting the sciatic nerve.

3 suffering from or liable to sciatica.

Phrases and idioms:

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

Derivatives:

sciatically adv.

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

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.