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Longest human nerve
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sciatic
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Word definitions for sciatic in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sciatic \Sci*at"ic\, n. [Cf. F. sciatique.] (Med.) Sciatica.
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 ...
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"
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Of, or relating to the ischium. 2 Of, or relating to sciatica.
Usage examples of sciatic.
The great sciatic nerve was found hanging 15 inches from the stump, having given way from its division in the popliteal space.
Do you want me to describe more branches of the sciatic and crural nerves?
A slipped vertebral disc is not an uncommon cause of pain in the sciatic nerve.
The next few months were supposed to be filled with glowing skin and a renewed sense of peace, and yeah, okay, maybe an occasional backache or twinge of a sciatic nerve.
Sometimes she could silence these by digging sharply down towards the sciatic nerve.
He fumbled for the pressure point and, with shaking fingers, applied acupressure to the sciatic nerve until the pain backed off, a temporary measure at best, which could buy him a few more minutes of mobility.
When I was X-rayed in this agonizing position it was found that I had a ruptured disc pressing on the sciatic nerve.
Because it's if, it's not when it's if I'll walk again that's what they're saying, this sciatic nerve if it's as badly damaged as these doctors think I might not, that maybe I'll never walk again.
Sometimes his sciatic nerve made him see stars, even if his play didn't.