sciatica

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saɪˈætɪkə/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: sci‧at‧i‧ca

Noun

sciatica (countable and uncountable, plural sciaticas)

1. (pathology, neurology) Neuralgia of the sciatic nerve, characterised by pain radiating down through the buttocks and the back of the thigh.

Derived terms

• sciatic

Translations

neuralgia of the sciatic nerve

• Arabic: عرق النساء
• Bulgarian: ишиа̀с m (išiàs)
• Catalan: ciàtica f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 坐骨神經痛／坐骨神经痛 (zuògǔshénjīngtòng)

• Czech: ischias m, houser (cs) m
• Danish: iskias c
• Esperanto: iskiatalgio
• Faroese: iskias n, lærmønuverkur m
• Finnish: iskias (fi)
• French: sciatique (fr) m
• German: Ischias (de) f or m or n
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἰσχιάς f (iskhiás)

• Hebrew: נשית f (nashít)
• Hungarian: derékfájás (hu), isiász (hu), ülőidegzsába (hu), faridegzsába
• Japanese: 坐骨神経痛 (ざこつしんけいつう, zakotsushinkeitsū)
• Latin: ischias f
• Maori: kanikani
• Norman: sciatique f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: isjias m

  Nynorsk: isjias m

• Polish: rwa kulszowa (pl) f
• Portuguese: ciática f
• Russian: ишиас (ru) m (išias)
• Scottish Gaelic: siataig f
• Slovak: ischias m
• Spanish: ciática (es) f
• Tagalog: siyatika

Further reading

• sciatica on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ^*/ˈʃa.ti.ka/
• Rhymes: -atika
• Hyphenation: scià‧ti‧ca

Adjective

sciatica f sg

1. feminine singular of sciatico

Noun

sciatica f (plural sciatiche)

1. (pathology) sciatica

   Synonym: sciatalgia

Anagrams

• ascitica, icastica, stacciai