Sciatica

Definition: Sciatica

Sciatica

Noun

1. Neuralgia along the sciatic nerve.

Date "sciatica" was first used: 14th century. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Sciatica

Domain	Definitions
Health	A condition characterized by pain radiating from the back into the buttock and posterior/lateral aspects of the leg. Sciatica may be a manifestation of sciatic neuropathy; radiculopathy (involving the L4, L5, S1 or S2 spinal nerve roots; often associated with intervertebral disk displacement); or lesions of the cauda equina. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Sciatica

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Sciatica is a pain in the leg due to irritation of the sciatic nerve. The pain generally goes from the front of the thigh to the back of the calf, and may also extend upward to the hip and down to the foot. In addition to pain, there may be numbness and difficulty moving or controlling the leg.

Causes of sciatica

The most common cause of sciatic is a "slipped disc" (a herniated disc in the spine). Other conditions that can cause or aggravate sciatica include roughening and enlarging of the vertebrae, tension in the piriformis muscle, infections, and tumors.

Treatment

Most cases of sciatica can be effectively treated by physical therapy and appropriate changes in environment (for example cushioning, or chair and desk height). Chiropractic manipulation often helps. In approximately 10-20% of cases, surgery is required to correct the problem.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Sciatica."

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Synonyms within Context: Sciatica

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Physical Pain	Noun: pain; suffering, sufferance, suffrance; bodily pain, physical pain, bodily suffering, physical suffering, body pain; mental suffering; dolour, ache; aching. Verb: smart; shoot, shooting; twinge, twitch, gripe, headache, stomach ache, heartburn, angina, angina pectoris; hurt, cut; sore, soreness; discomfort, malaise; cephalalgia, earache, gout, ischiagra, lumbago, neuralgia, odontalgia, otalgia, podagra, rheumatism, sciatica; tic douloureux, toothache, tormina, torticollis.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Sciatica

English words defined with "sciatica": Boneshaw ♦ sciatic, Sciatically. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Sciatica" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Dutch (sciatica), Italian (sciatic, sciatica).

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Modern Usage: Sciatica

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Sufferin' sciatica! (It's a Gift; writing credit: Jack Cunningham; W.C. Fields)
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Commercial Usage: Sciatica

Domain	Title
Books	Back pain and sciatica in Finnish farmers (reference) Sciatica (reference) The Practical Treatment of Backache and Sciatica (reference) (more book examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: Sciatica

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		One common cause of sciatica is a herniated disc (see Spine Basics in the Appendix). (references)
		Sciatica is a painful condition caused by pressure on the sciatic nerve, the main nerve that branches off the spinal cord and continues down into the thighs, legs, ankles, and feet. Sciatica is characterized by pain in the buttocks and can be caused by a number of factors. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Sciatica

"Sciatica" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.77% of the time. "Sciatica" is used about 31 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	96.77%	30	63,341
Noun (proper)	3.23%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	31	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Sciatica

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
sciatica	1,978
sciatica treatment	102
sciatica nerve	97
sciatica exercise	59
sciatica symptom	46
sciatica pain	45
sciatica and pregnancy	38
sciatica relief	23
sciatica pain relief	14
sciatica home treatment	14
sciatica cure	12
sciatica leg pain	11
sciatica cause	9
sciatica in pregnancy	9
back pain sciatica	8
sciatica yoga	8
sciatica acupuncture	7
sciatica nerve pain	7
information on sciatica	7
sciatica physical therapy	6
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Modern Translations: Sciatica

Language		Translations for "sciatica"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		ishias, dhimbje të nervit shiatik. (various references)

Arabic		‏ألم النسا. (various references)

Bulgarian		ишиас. (various references)

Chinese		坐骨神经痛. (various references)

Czech		ischias. (various references)

Danish		ischias (ischias syndrome). (various references)

Dutch		sciatica (ischias syndrome). (various references)

Farsi		سیاتیک(طب), دردعصب نساءی . (various references)

Finnish		lonkkasärky, iskias. (various references)

French		sciatique (f), sciatique (sciatic). (various references)

German		Ischias (sciatic). (various references)

Greek		ισχιαλγία (ischias syndrome). (various references)

Hebrew		� שית (ischias). (various references)

Hungarian		isiász. (various references)

Italian		sciatica (ischias syndrome, sciatic). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		座骨神経痛 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ざ�"つし�"けいつう. (various references)

Manx		saiatica. (various references)

Pig Latin		iaticascay

Portuguese		ciática, ciática. (various references)

Romanian		sciaticã. (various references)

Russian		люмбосакральный ишиас, люмбоишиалгия. (various references)

Scottish		siatag (rheumatism). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		išijas. (various references)

Spanish		ciática (ischias syndrome). (various references)

Swedish		ischias. (various references)

Thai		อาการปว�"ตามส่วนหลัง สะโพกและขาเพราะก�"ทับ sciatic nerve. (various references)

Turkish		siyatik. (various references)

Ukranian		ішіас. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Sciatica

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	ischiadicus. (various references)
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Derivations & Misspellings: Sciatica

Derivations
	Words beginning with "sciatica": sciaticas. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Sciatica" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ciatic, csiatic, sciatia, sciattica, Scinteia, scotica, scoticus, shiatica, siactic, siatic, siatica, sigatoka. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Sciatica

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-i-i-s-t"
	-1 letter: ascitic, sciatic.
	-2 letters: casita.
	-3 letters: cacas, cacti, ictic.
	-4 letters: acta, acts, aits, asci, caca, casa, cast, cats, cist, sati, scat, tics.
	-5 letters: aas, act, ais, ait, cat, cis, its, sac, sat, sic, sit, tas, tic, tis.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-c-i-i-s-t"
	+1 letter: sciaticas.
	+2 letters: archaistic, cabalistic, capacities, chiasmatic, tacticians.
	+3 letters: acclimatise, acoustician, anarchistic, bacitracins, captaincies, casuistical, charismatic, racialistic, stalactitic.
	+4 letters: acclimations, acclimatised, acclimatises, acclimatizes, acousticians, aristocratic, articulacies, calcinations, capitalistic, caricaturist, charismatics, classicality, incapacities, pacificators, saccharinity, schismatical, transpacific, vaccinations.
	+5 letters: acclimatising, acclimatizers, alchemistical, anachronistic, antiacademics, anticlassical, anticlericals, antidesiccant, aristocracies, cachinnations, cannibalistic, capacitations, caricaturists, cladistically, claudications, dialecticians, ectoparasitic, farcicalities, fasciculation, fascistically, incapacitates, pacifications, pantisocratic, scarification, trisaccharide, uncharismatic.
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