Dictionary entry

Sciatic

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Sci‐at″ic (?), a. [F. sciatique, LL. sciaticus, from L. ischiadicus, 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.