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sciatic

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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sci·at·ic /saɪˈætɪk/ adjective technical  HBHrelating to the hips 坐骨的
Examples from the Corpus
sciaticBut sometimes the sciatic nerve can become irritated by a lack of blood supply.Pressure or irritation of the sciatic nerve roots in the lower neck area.Studies on purified rat sciatic nerve Schwann cells have shown that proliferation invitro depends on mitogenic factors.the sciatic nerveFemale speaker It's an agonising burning, which goes down my buttocks and sciatic nerve.The frag there cut my sciatic nerve.There are two sciatic nerves, one to each leg, and they're the biggest nerves in the body.
Origin sciatic (1500-1600) French sciatique, from Latin ischiadicus of pain in the hip, from Greek, from ischion hip
sci·at·ic adjectiveChineseSyllable
the Corpus to hips relating


sciatic
sciatic /saɪˈætɪk/ adjective technical
 Date: 1500-1600
 Language: French
 Origin: sciatique, from Latin ischiadicus 'of pain in the hip', from Greek, from ischion 'hip'
relating to the hips


sci·at·icBrE /saɪˈætɪk/ 🔊NAmE /saɪˈætɪk/ 🔊 adjective [only before noun] (anatomy 解剖学) of the hip or of the nerve which goes from the pelvis to the thigh (= the sciatic nerve) 坐骨的;坐骨神经的