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sciatica Definition

sci·ati·ca (sī at′i kə)

noun

any painful condition in the region of the hip and thigh; esp., neuritis of the long nerve (sciatic nerve) passing down the back of the thigh

Etymology: ME < ML < sciaticus

sciatica Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • have: Ah, my bone ache, my limbs be sore, alas I have the sciatica full evil in my hip.
  • cause: In this case the back pain may shoot into the leg, causing sciatica.
  • get: This was odd, since when I get sciatica it usually runs down my right leg.
  • call: It may be the cause of more remote symptoms like pain in the buttocks, groin or legs ( commonly called sciatica ).
  • diagnose: Miss Z was then seen by the senior registrar who diagnosed sciatica.

Preposition: in

  • term: ESI's offer no sustained benefits to patients with sciatica in terms of pain, function or need for surgery.

Adjective modifier

  • chronic: These may be the cause of chronic sciatica due to chronic dural irritation.
  • acute: Acute sciatica seemed to respond no differently from chronic sciatica.
  • e.g.: It is usual for the neuropathy to affect each side of the body symmetrically, unlike many other disease processes e.g. sciatica.

Modifies a noun

  • pain: I have been off work for 8 months with severe sciatica type pain.
  • sufferer: Sciatica sufferer Mrs Nicholson How Does the ROPHI Cushion Give You Lower Back Pain Relief For Osteoarthritis Treatment?
  • Mrs: Sciatica sufferer Mrs Nicholson How Does the ROPHI Cushion Give You Lower Back Pain Relief For Osteoarthritis Treatment?
  • treatment: After using it for my natural remedy for sciatica treatment for only four or five nights I have at last found relief.

Noun used with modifier

  • pain: Distinguishing between hip joint, sacro-iliac and disk problems in patients suffering from lower back pain and/or sciatica.