any painful condition in the region of the hip and thigh; esp., neuritis of the long nerve () passing down the back of the thigh
Origin:
ME < ML < sciaticus
See sciatica in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Pain along the sciatic nerve usually caused by a herniated disk of the lumbar region of the spine and radiating to the buttocks and to the back of the thigh.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Medieval Latin
Origin: , from feminine of sciaticus, of the hip; see sciatic