ischiatic, a.
(ɪskɪˈætɪk)
[ad. med.L. ischiatic-us, altered from ischiadic-us ischiadic, after adjs. in -aticus: cf. mod.F. ischiatique.]
1. Of or pertaining to the ischium or hip; sciatic.
| 1741 Monro Anat. Nerves (ed. 3) 69 Known by the Name of Sciatic or Ischiatic Nerve. 1774 Westm. Mag. II. 255 In ischiatick and rheumatick pains. 1863 Huxley Man's Place Nat. ii. 76 The coarse, outwardly curved ischiatic prominences on which the gibbon habitually rests. 1881 Mivart Cat 107 The concavity..between the posterior spinous process of the ilium and the spine of the ischium, is called the greater ischiatic notch. |
2. Troubled or affected with sciatica.
| 1656 Blount Glossogr., Ischiatick, that hath the ache in the hip, or the hip-gout, or Sciatica. 1708 Motteux Rabelais v. x, You..feel..every change of Weather at your Ischiatic Legs. |