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Definition of sciatica noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

sciatica

noun
 
/saɪˈætɪkə/
 
/saɪˈætɪkə/
[uncountable]
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  1. pain in the back, hip and outer side of the leg, caused by pressure on the sciatic nerve
    Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin sciatica (passio) ‘(affliction) of sciatica’, feminine of sciaticus, from Greek iskhiadikos ‘relating to the hips, subject to sciatica’, from iskhion ‘hip joint’.
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