'Sciatica' definitions:
Definition of 'sciatica'
From: WordNet
noun
Neuralgia along the sciatic nerve
Definition of 'Sciatica'
From: GCIDE
- Sciatica \Sci*at"i*ca\, n. [NL.] (Med.) Neuralgia of the sciatic nerve, an affection characterized by paroxysmal attacks of pain in the buttock, back of the thigh, or in the leg or foot, following the course of the branches of the sciatic nerve. The name is also popularly applied to various painful affections of the hip and the parts adjoining it. See Ischiadic passion, under Ischiadic. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'sciatica'
From: GCIDE
- Ischiadic \Is`chi*ad"ic\ ([i^]s`k[i^]*[a^]d"[i^]k), a. [L. ischiadicus, Gr. 'ischiadoko`s, fr. 'ischi`on the hip joint, hip or loin. Cf. Sciatic.] (Anat.) Ischial. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- Ischiadic passion or Ischiadic disease (Med.), a rheumatic or neuralgic affection of some part about the hip joint; -- called also sciatica. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sciatica'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis,
- brain disease,
- cephalalgia,
- cerebral palsy,
- chorea,
- emotional disorder,
- epilepsy,
- falling sickness,
- glossopharyngeal neuralgia,
- headache,
- herpes zoster,
- ischialgia,
- migraine,
- MS,
- multiple sclerosis,
- nervous disorder,
- neuralgia,
- neuritis,
- neuropathy,
- organic psychosis,
- palsy,
- polyneuritis,
- pressure neuropathy,
- priapism,
- radiculitis,
- sciatic neuritis,
- shaking palsy,
- shingles,
- spastic paralysis,
- the jerks,
- tic douloureux,
- toxic psychosis