sciatic
/saɪˈætɪk/
sciatic adjective: of, or relating to the ischium.
Adjective
sciatic (not comparable)
Noun
sciatic (plural sciatics)
- The sciatic nerve.
- A person with sciatica.
sciatic meaning in Tamil and Bengali
sciatic in Tamil
- இடுப்புமூட்டுக்குரிய, சிறகு நரம்பு, கடிக்குரிய
sciatic in Bengali
- ইসচিয়াম সংক্রান্ত, সায়াটিকা সংক্রান্ত, সায়াটিক স্নায়ু, সায়াটিকা আছে এমন ব্যক্তি
Forms of sciatic
| plural | sciatics |
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Origin of sciatic
Borrowed from Middle French sciatique, from Late Latin sciaticus, variant of ischiadicus, from Ancient Greek ἰσχιαδικός (iskhiadikós), the adjective of ἰσχίον (iskhíon, “hip”).
Words formed from sciatic
- sciatic formane
- sciatic hernia
- sciatic nerve
- sciatic neuropathy
- sciatic spine
Phrases with sciatic
Words that rhyme with sciatic
- automatic
- chromatic
- emphatic
- static
- systematic
- idiomatic
- attic
- hexachromatic
- thematic
- aromatic
- democratic
- hepatic
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- lymphatic
- schematic
- adiabatic
- aristocratic
- asymptomatic
- athematic
- autocratic
- axiomatic
- chiasmatic
- erratic
- fanatic
- fluorochromatic
- interchromatic
- phlegmatic
- prismatic
- psychosomatic
- quadchromatic
- rheumatic
- stromatic
- aerobatic
- altermatic
- aposematic
- asthmatic
- bathochromatic
- bizygomatic
- bureaucratic
- chorochromatic
- chromocratic
- circumzygomatic
- coccochromatic
- curatic
- diabatic
- dyschromatic
- endolymphatic
- episematic
- epistatic
- frontozygomatic
- glymphatic
- goniochromatic
- graphematic
- herostratic
- hydroinformatic
- idiosyncratic
- immunochromatic
- infrazygomatic
- interzygomatic
- katabatic
- kinechromatic
Questions about sciatic
- What does sciatic mean?
- Sciatic means of, or relating to the ischium.
- What is sciatic in Tamil?
- Sciatic in Tamil is இடுப்புமூட்டுக்குரிய, சிறகு நரம்பு, கடிக்குரிய. See Sciatic meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is sciatic?
- Sciatic can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce sciatic?
- Sciatic is pronounced /saɪˈætɪk/ (UK).
Words near sciatic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sciatic (page history and authors); sciatic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sciatic (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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