sciatic nerve

English

Noun

sciatic nerve (plural sciatic nerves)

1. (neuroanatomy) A large nerve that starts in the lower back and runs through the buttock and down the lower limb.
   • 2022, Percival Everett, Dr. No, Influx Press (2023), page 142:

     His right hand detoured to cover his left shoulder and I kicked him in his mid right thigh, finding, it appeared, his sciatic nerve.

Translations

large nerve

• Bulgarian: седалищен нерв m (sedališten nerv)
• Catalan: nervi ciàtic m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 坐骨神經／坐骨神经 (zh) (zuògǔshénjīng)

• Czech: sedací nerv m
• Finnish: lonkkahermo
• French: nerf ischiatique (fr) m, nerf sciatique (fr) m
• German: Ischiasnerv m
• Hungarian: ülőideg (hu)
• Icelandic: settaug f
• Japanese: 坐骨神経 (ざこつしんけい, zakotsushinkei)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: isjiasnerve m

  Nynorsk: isjiasnerve m

• Polish: nerw kulszowy m
• Portuguese: nervo ciático m
• Romanian: nerv sciatic (ro) m
• Spanish: nervio ciático (es) m