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sciatica

Syllables: sci·at·i·ca/saɪˈætɪkə/

sciatica noun: neuralgia of the sciatic nerve, characterised by pain radiating down through the buttocks and the back of the thigh.

Noun

sciatica (countable and uncountable, plural sciaticas)

  1. 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...2025 April 21, Peter Stanford, “Pope Francis obituary”, in The Guardian

sciatica meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Kannada and Tagalog

sciatica in Tamil

கால் வலி, அறிவியல், கிருத்திரசி, அடிமுதுகு நரம்புவலி

sciatica in Bengali

সায়াটিক স্নায়ুর ব্যথা

sciatica in Kannada

ಕಟಿನರ ಬೇನೆ, ಕಟಿವಾಯು, ಸೊಂಟದ ನೋವು, ಸೊಂಟಬೇನೆ

sciatica in Tagalog

neuralgia of the sciatic nerve
siyatika
More languagesFewer languages
sciatica in Arabic
عِرْق النَّسَا ʕirq an-nasā, النَّسَا an-nasā

Forms of sciatica

pluralsciaticas

Origin of sciatica

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

Words formed from sciatica

Questions about sciatica

What does sciatica mean?
Sciatica means neuralgia of the sciatic nerve, characterised by pain radiating down through the buttocks and the back of the thigh.
What is sciatica in Tamil?
Sciatica in Tamil is கால் வலி, அறிவியல், கிருத்திரசி. See Sciatica meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sciatica?
Sciatica is a noun.
How do you pronounce sciatica?
Sciatica is pronounced /saɪˈætɪkə/.
What is the plural of sciatica?
The plural of sciatica is sciaticas.

Words near sciatica in the dictionary

  1. sciatherical
  2. sciaths
  3. sciatic
  4. sciatic nerve
  5. sciatic nerves
  6. sciatica
  7. sciatical
  8. sciatically
  9. sciaticas
  10. sciaticky
  11. sciatics

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sciatica (page history and authors); sciatica (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sciatica (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sciatica (Kannada 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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