sciatica
noun/saɪˈætɪkə/
/saɪˈætɪkə/
[uncountable]- pain in the back, hip and outer side of the leg, caused by pressure on the sciatic nerveWord Originlate Middle English: from late Latin sciatica (passio) ‘(affliction) of sciatica’, feminine of sciaticus, from Greek iskhiadikos ‘relating to the hips, subject to sciatica’, from iskhion ‘hip joint’.
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