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    Sciatica is the name of the pain itself: a sharp or shooting pain that starts in the lower back or hip and often travels down one leg, following the nerve.

    Sciaticasciatica（坐骨神經痛） is the name of the pain itself指的就是這種疼痛本身 a sharp or shooting pain一種尖銳或像電流竄過的痛 that starts in the lower back or hip從下背或髖部開始 and often travels down one leg常常會往一條腿延伸下去 following the sciatic nerve沿著sciatic nerve（坐骨神經）走

    People talk of burning, tingling, or a pain that makes it hard to sit or walk. It is a condition, not a bone and not the nerve’s name.

    People talk of burning, tingling人們會形容那種痛是灼熱、刺麻 or a pain that makes it hard to sit or walk或是痛到難以坐或走路 It is a condition這是一種病症 not a bone不是一根骨頭 and not the nerve's name也不是那條神經的名字

    In everyday English someone may say “I’ve got sciatica” for any bad back-and-leg pain; a doctor may be more careful about which nerve is involved.

    In everyday English在日常英語裡 someone may say 'I've got sciatica'有人可能會說'I've got sciatica'（我得了坐骨神經痛） for any bad back-and-leg pain泛指任何嚴重的背腿疼痛 a doctor may be more careful about which nerve is involved醫生則會比較仔細分辨是哪條神經的問題

    The describing word is (“ pain”). Same old hip-root: doctors have used this family of words for the hip and this nerve for a very long time.

    The describing word is sciatic形容詞是sciatic ('sciatic pain')（像'sciatic pain'坐骨神經痛） Same old hip-root用的是同一個古老的「髖」字根 doctors have used this family of words for the hip and this nerve for a very long time醫生用這一整組跟髖部和這條神經有關的詞已經很久了

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組成Late Middle English, from Late Latin sciatica, feminine of sciaticus, from Ancient Greek iskhiadikós, the adjective of iskhíon, “hip.”

同家族的字

  • sciaticthe describing word for this nerve and this kind of pain
  • ischiumthe hip bone; from the same Greek word for hip

原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

sciaticanoun/saɪˈætɪkə/

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    medicineneurologyneuroscienceNeuralgia of the sciatic nerve, characterised by pain radiating down through the buttocks and the back of the thigh.

    • He picked up his own phone, shunned limos and preferred to walk if possible (sciatica later caused him to use a wheelchair) – as, for example, on the day after his election when he slipped away on foot to collect his suitcase and settle the bill at the modest pensione where he had been booked in before the conclave began.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。