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Definitions: Sciatic |
SciaticAdjective1. Relating to or caused by or afflicted with sciatica. 2. Of or relating to the ischium (or the part of the hipbone containing it); "sciatic nerve". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Crosswords: Sciatic |
| English words defined with "sciatic": Homoeomerous ♦ sciatic nerve, sciatica, Sciatical. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "sciatic": MACROBIAN ♦ Peroneal Nerve ♦ Tibial Nerve. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Sciatic" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Romanian (sciatic). |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | [Examining tracings of electron micrographs of rat sciatic nerve cross sections] / Photographed by Thomas Joy.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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Health | Exertion, obesity, and poor posture can all cause pressure on the sciatic nerve. (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) | ||
Scientists grafted segments of sciatic nerve a peripheral nerve that can regenerate to the spinal cord, circumventing the lesion site. Some nerve cells, usually from near the site of the lesion, grew axons through the nerve bridges as far as 3 or 4 centimeters and reached the other end of the bridge. (references) | ||
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | MACROBIAN, n. One forgotten of the gods and living to a great age. History is abundantly supplied with examples, from Methuselah to Old Parr, but some notable instances of longevity are less well known. A Calabrian peasant named Coloni, born in 1753, lived so long that he had what he considered a glimpse of the dawn of universal peace. Scanavius relates that he knew an archbishop who was so old that he could remember a time when he did not deserve hanging. In 1566 a linen draper of Bristol, England, declared that he had lived five hundred years, and that in all that time he had never told a lie. There are instances of longevity (macrobiosis) in our own country. Senator Chauncey Depew is old enough to know better. The editor of The American, a newspaper in New York City, has a memory that goes back to the time when he was a rascal, but not to the fact. The President of the United States was born so long ago that many of the friends of his youth have risen to high political and military preferment without the assistance of personal merit. The verses following were written by a macrobian: When I was young the world was fair And amiable and sunny. A brightness was in all the air, In all the waters, honey. The jokes were fine and funny, The statesmen honest in their views, And in their lives, as well, And when you heard a bit of news 'Twas true enough to tell. Men were not ranting, shouting, reeking, Nor women "generally speaking." The Summer then was long indeed: It lasted one whole season! The sparkling Winter gave no heed When ordered by Unreason To bring the early peas on. Now, where the dickens is the sense In calling that a year Which does no more than just commence Before the end is near? When I was young the year extended From month to month until it ended. I know not why the world has changed To something dark and dreary, And everything is now arranged To make a fellow weary. The Weather Man -- I fear he Has much to do with it, for, sure, The air is not the same: It chokes you when it is impure, When pure it makes you lame. With windows closed you are asthmatic; Open, neuralgic or sciatic. Well, I suppose this new regime Of dun degeneration Seems eviler than it would seem To a better observation, And has for compensation Some blessings in a deep disguise Which mortal sight has failed To pierce, although to angels' eyes They're visible unveiled. If Age is such a boon, good land! He's costumed by a master hand! Venable Strigg |
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| "Sciatic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Sciatic" is used about 18 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 18 | 82,615 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "sciatic": sciatic nerve ♦ Sciatic Neuropathy. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
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| Language | Translations for "sciatic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | وركي خاص بالورك. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | седалищен. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | ischiadicus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | ischiatisch, ischiaticus, ischiadicus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sciatique (sciatica). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | ischiadicus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ισχιακόσ (ischiatic), ισχιακός, ισχιαδικόσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | far- (after, gluteal), csípő-, ülőideg (sciatic nerve). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sciatico, ischiatico. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 座骨神経 (sciatic nerve). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ざ"つし"けい (sciatic nerve). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | nearoo ny saiatica (sciatic nerve). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | iaticscay isquiático, ciático. (various references) sciatic. (various references) седалищный. (various references) ciático. (various references) ischias-, höft-. (various references) เกี่ยวกับเส้นประสาท sciatic. (various references) siyatik siniriyle ilgili, kalça ile ilgili. (various references) сідничний. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "sciatic": sciatica, sciaticas, sciatics. (additional references) | |
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"Sciatic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ciatic, csiatic, cyatic, Ossiatuc, Scaachi, Scafati, Scati, schatzis, Schiach, Schiavio, sciatia, Scisti, scotbic, Shafick, siactic, siatic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: ascitic. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-i-i-s-t" | |
-2 letters: cacti, ictic. | |
-3 letters: acts, aits, asci, cast, cats, cist, sati, scat, tics. | |
-4 letters: act, ais, ait, cat, cis, its, sac, sat, sic, sit, tas, tic, tis. | |
-5 letters: ai, as, at, is, it, si, ta, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-i-i-s-t" | |
+1 letter: chiastic, dicastic, pasticci, sciatica, sciatics. | |
+2 letters: casuistic, cladistic, didactics, fascistic, isotactic, oiticicas, pasticcio, scabietic, sciaticas. | |
+3 letters: accipiters, activistic, archaistic, asceticism, cabalistic, caducities, capacities, causticity, ceramicist, chiasmatic, chiliastic, cicatrices, cicatrixes, cicatrizes, cladistics, classicist, diacritics, dialectics, occipitals, pacificist, pacifistic, pasticcios, scarcities, schismatic, tacticians. | |
+4 letters: acclimatise, acclivities, acoustician, alchemistic, anarchistic, antiscience, asceticisms, bacitracins, calcitonins, calisthenic, captaincies, casuistical, catechistic, ceramicists, charismatic, classicists, clericalist, concavities, conciliates, cosmetician, criticaster, desiccating, desiccation, desiccative, didacticism, encomiastic, eucharistic, exsiccating, exsiccation, facticities, haecceities, intricacies, masochistic, mechanistic, pacificists, psittacotic, psychiatric, racialistic, schismatics, scholiastic, socialistic, sociopathic, stalactitic, subcritical, technicians, timocracies. | |
+5 letters: accipitrines, acclimations, acclimatised, acclimatises, acclimatizes, accordionist, acousticians, actinomycins, antisciences, aristocratic, articulacies, bactericides, bacteriocins, bioacoustics, brecciations, calcinations, calisthenics, canonicities, capitalistic, cardiotonics, caricaturist, catholicizes, causticities, centralistic, certificates, charismatics, chauvinistic, chromaticism, circulations, classicality, classicistic, clavieristic, cleistogamic, clericalists, climacterics, comicalities, conciliators, confiscating, confiscation, consociating, consociation, cosmeticians, criticalness, criticasters, cyclizations, desiccations, didacticisms, ecclesiastic, efficacities, electricians, exorcistical, exsiccations, flaccidities, iconoclastic, incapacities, inculcations, insecticidal, intrapsychic, narcissistic, pacificators, perspicacity, physiocratic, saccharinity, schismatical, secularistic, specialistic, transpacific, vaccinations, viscoelastic. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 63 69 61 74 69 63 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... -.-. .. .- - .. -.-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100011 01101001 01100001 01110100 01101001 01100011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S c i a t i c |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0063 0069 0061 0074 0069 0063 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53697567867569 |
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