"Sciatica" is a word in ENGLISH
Neuralgia of the sciatic nerve, an affection
characterized by paroxysmal attacks of pain in the buttock, back of the
thigh, or in the leg or foot, following the course of the branches of
the sciatic nerve. The name is also popularly applied to various
painful affections of the hip and the parts adjoining it. See Ischiadic
passion, under Ischiadic.
The sunrise was the colour of bad blood. It leaked out of the east and stained the dark sky red, marked the scraps of the cloud with stolen gold. Underneath it the road twisted up the mountainside towards the fortress of Fontezarmo - a cluster of sharp towers, ash-black again the wounded heavens. The sunrise was red, black and gold.The colours of their profession.
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General Heath, a famous lover of parade music and marching drill ceremonies, once listened to a symphonic orchestra playing.When asked about his impressions, he commented:"No military precision in drill...""Why?""Did you see those violin players? They were moving their bows not in cadence."
Having the main artery of the leg parallel with the sciatic nerve; -- said of certain birds.
Read the complete definitionOf or pertaining to the hip; in the region of, or affecting, the hip; ischial; ischiatic; as, the sciatic nerve, …
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