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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 al…

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  1. n. 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.
  2. n. neuralgia along the sciatic nerve
  3. Neuralgia of the sciatic nerve, an affection characterized by paroxysmal attacks of pain in the buttock, back of the thing, 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 adjoininhg. See Ischiadic passion, under Ischiadic.
  4. Neuralgia of the sciatic nerve, an affection characterized byparoxysmal attacks of pain in the buttock, back of the thing, or inthe leg or foot, following the course of the branches of the sciaticnerve. The name is also popularly applied to various painfulaffections of the hip and the parts adjoininhg. See Ischiadicpassion, under Ischiadic.
  5. n:100 n. neuralgia along the sciatic nerve