Sciatic

} n. [Fr. sciatique, It. & L. Lat. sciatica, Sp. ciatica, Fr. gota sciatica, from Gr. ἰσχιατικός, subject to pains in the hips and loins, from ἰσχιάς, ἰσχιάδος, pain in the loins and hips, from ἰσχίον, the hip joint. Cf. ISCHIADIC.] (Med.) (a.) Neuralgia of the sciatic nerve. (b.) A rheumatic affection of the hip joint, or of the parts surrounding it; hip gout.