- 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.
Definition
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