Science at Imperial College initially concerning a form of neuralgia

• Near the hip
• ___ nerve, the longest in the human body
• Kind of nerve
• Nerve often affected by disk problems
• Relating to the hip

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"pertaining to the hip," also in reference to the large nerve from the pelvis to the thigh, 1540s, from Middle French sciatique (14c.), from Medieval Latin sciaticus (see sciatica ).

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. relating to or caused by or afflicted with sciatica of or relating to the ischium (or the part of the hipbone containing it); "sciatic nerve"

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sciatic \Sci*at"ic\, a. [F. sciatique, LL. sciaticus, from L. ischiadicus, Gr. ?. See Ischiadic .] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the hip; in the region of, or affecting, the hip; ischial; ischiatic; as, the sciatic nerve, sciatic pains.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN nerve ▪ Female speaker It's an agonising burning, which goes down my buttocks and sciatic nerve . ▪ The frag there cut my sciatic nerve . ▪ Studies on purified rat sciatic nerve Schwann cells have shown that proliferation ...