sciatic nerve

noun

A large nerve that starts in the lower back and runs through the buttock and down the lower limb.

Similar
nervus ischiadicus
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Meanings

nounsciatic nerve (plural sciatic nerves)

plural sciatic nerves

  1. anatomyA large nerve that starts in the lower back and runs through the buttock and down the lower limb.

    His right hand detoured to cover his left shoulder and I kicked him in his mid right thigh, finding, it appeared, his sciatic nerve.

    2022, Percival Everett, Dr. No, Influx Press (2023), page 142

Synonyms & antonyms

nounarises from the sacral plexus and passes about halfway down the thigh where it divides into the common peroneal and tibial nerves

Similar
nervus ischiadicus
Broader
nervenervus
Also see
ischiatic nerve

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic عصب النسا
  • عصب النساlarge nerve
Basque nerbio ziatiko
  • nerbio ziatikolarge nerve
Bulgarian седалищен нерв
  • седалищен нерв (sedališten nerv)large nerve
Catalan nervi ciàtic
  • nervi ciàticlarge nerve
Chinese Mandarin 坐骨神經 /坐骨神经
  • 坐骨神經 /坐骨神经 (zuògǔshénjīng)large nerve
Czech sedací nerv
  • sedací nervlarge nerve
Finnish lonkkahermo
  • lonkkahermolarge nerve
French nerf ischiatique, nerf sciatique
  • nerf ischiatiquelarge nerve
  • nerf sciatiquelarge nerve
German Ischiasnerv
  • Ischiasnervlarge nerve
Hebrew עצב השת
  • עצב השתlarge nerve
Hindi आसन तंत्रिका
  • आसन तंत्रिका (āsan tantrikā)large nerve
Hungarian ülőideg
  • ülőideglarge nerve
Icelandic settaug
  • settauglarge nerve
Italian nervo ischiatico
  • nervo ischiaticolarge nerve
Japanese 坐骨神経
  • 坐骨神経 (zakotsushinkei)large nerve
Korean 궁둥신경
  • 궁둥신경 (gungdungsin'gyeong)large nerve
Norwegian Bokmål isjiasnerve
  • isjiasnervelarge nerve
Persian عصب سیاتیک
  • عصب سیاتیکlarge nerve
Polish nerw kulszowy
  • nerw kulszowylarge nerve
Portuguese nervo ciático
  • nervo ciáticolarge nerve
Romanian nerv sciatic
  • nerv sciaticlarge nerve
Spanish nervio ciático
  • nervio ciáticolarge nerve
Turkish siyatik sinir
  • siyatik sinirlarge nerve
Ukrainian сідничний нерв
  • сідничний нерв (sidnyčnyj nerv)large nerve
Welsh nerf sciatic
  • nerf sciaticlarge nerve
Cite this entry
APA

sciatic nerve. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sciatic%20nerve

MLA

“sciatic nerve.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sciatic%20nerve. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sciatic nerve,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sciatic%20nerve.

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