Sciatica
SCIATICA (from a late Lat. corruption, sciaticus, of Gr. iCTX'o^wos, from l<r\ua>, the hip-joint), a form of neuralgia localized in the sciatic nerve, or its cords of origin; see NEUR- ALGIA.
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