sciatic

1. 1.

   relating to or caused by or afflicted with sciatica
2. 2.

   of or relating to the ischium (or the part of the hipbone containing it)

   “sciatic nerve”

Questions about sciatic

What does sciatic mean?

sciatic means "relating to or caused by or afflicted with sciatica". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sciatic?

sciatic has 3 syllables and divides as sci-a-tic under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is sciatic a common word?

sciatic is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.