Dictionary

sciatica en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /saɪˈætɪkə/
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Etymology

Late Middle English, from Late Latin sciatica, feminine of sciaticus, from Ancient Greek ἰσχιαδικός (iskhiadikós), the adjective of ἰσχίον (iskhíon, “hip”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Neuralgia of the sciatic nerve, characterised by pain radiating down through the buttocks and the back of the thigh.
   • He picked up his own phone, shunned limos and preferred to walk if possible (sciatica later caused him to use a wheelchair) – as, for example, on the day after his election when he slipped away on foot to collect his suitcase and settle the bill at the modest pensione where he had been booked in before the conclave began. 2025 April 21, Peter Stanford, “Pope Francis obituary”, in The Guardian:

Forms

Deriveds

sciatically · sciatic

Translations (40)

hu ülőidegzsába (neuralgia of the sciatic nerve) · sh ishijas (neuralgia of the sciatic nerve) · nn isjias (neuralgia of the sciatic nerve) · hu derékfájás (neuralgia of the sciatic nerve) · sh išijas (neuralgia of the sciatic nerve) · da iskias (neuralgia of the sciatic nerve) · sh ishialgija (neuralgia of the sciatic nerve) · grc ἰσχιάς (neuralgia of the sciatic nerve) · cs ischias (neuralgia of the sciatic nerve) · hu isiász (neuralgia of the sciatic nerve) · mi kanikani (neuralgia of the sciatic nerve) · ar عِرْق النَّسَا (neuralgia of the sciatic nerve) · fo lærmønuverkur (neuralgia of the sciatic nerve) · es ciática (neuralgia of the sciatic nerve) · ar النَّسَا (neuralgia of the sciatic nerve) · de Ischias (neuralgia of the sciatic nerve) · nb isjias (neuralgia of the sciatic nerve) · ru ишиас (neuralgia of the sciatic nerve) · ja 坐骨神経痛 (neuralgia of the sciatic nerve) · he נשית (neuralgia of the sciatic nerve) · ko 좌골신경통 (neuralgia of the sciatic nerve) · bg ишиа̀с (neuralgia of the sciatic nerve) · hu faridegzsába (neuralgia of the sciatic nerve) · pt ciática (neuralgia of the sciatic nerve) · ca ciàtica (neuralgia of the sciatic nerve) · fi iskias (neuralgia of the sciatic nerve) · pl rwa kulszowa (neuralgia of the sciatic nerve) · tr siyatik (neuralgia of the sciatic nerve) · eo iskiatalgio (neuralgia of the sciatic nerve) · gd siataig (neuralgia of the sciatic nerve) · el ισχιαλγία (neuralgia of the sciatic nerve) · sh šatika (neuralgia of the sciatic nerve) · nrf sciatique (neuralgia of the sciatic nerve) · tl siyatika (neuralgia of the sciatic nerve) · fo iskias (neuralgia of the sciatic nerve) · la ischias (neuralgia of the sciatic nerve) · cmn 坐骨神經痛 /坐骨神经痛 (neuralgia of the sciatic nerve) · fr sciatique (neuralgia of the sciatic nerve) · sk ischias (neuralgia of the sciatic nerve) · cs houser (neuralgia of the sciatic nerve)