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Date: 1500-1600
Language: French
Origin: sciatique, from Latin ischiadicus 'of pain in the hip', from Greek, from ischion 'hip'

sciatic

 adjective
     
Related topics: Human
sci‧at‧ic technical
HBH relating to the hips
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