(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:54:06

Sci*at"ic (?), a. [F. sciatique, LL. sciaticus, from L. inschiadicus, Gr. . See Ischiadic.] Anat.

Of or pertaining to the hip; in the region of, or affecting, the hip; ischial; ischiatic; as, the sciatic nerve, sciatic pains.

 

© Webster 1913.

Sci*at"ic, n. [Cf. F. sciatique.] Med.

Sciatica.

 

© Webster 1913.

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