‖ ischiˈatica Obs.
Also 7 -adica.
[med. or mod.L. fem. of ischiadic-us, ischiatic-us: see prec.]
= sciatica.
| 1581 Mulcaster Positions xxiv. 98 Quick riding is naught for..the Ischiatica, bycause the hippes are to much heated and weakned, by the vehementnesse of the motion. 1664 Evelyn Sylva (1776) 135 A most admirable remedy for the ischiadica or hip-pain. 1693 J. Edwards Bks. O. & N. Test. 427 Sciatica for Ischiatica, ab ἰσχίας, the hip or huckle-bone. |