Sci*am"a*chy (?), n. See Sciomachy.
{ Sci`a*ther"ic (?), Sci`a*ther"ic*al (?) }, a. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; a
sundial; &?; a shadow + &?; to hunt, to catch.] Belonging to a sundial.
[Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
-- Sci`a*ther"ic*al*ly, adv. [Obs.] J. Gregory.
Sci*at"ic (?), a. [F. sciatique, LL. sciaticus, from L. ischiadicus,
Gr. &?;. See Ischiadic.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the hip; in the
region of, or affecting, the hip; ischial; ischiatic; as, the sciatic
nerve, sciatic pains.
Sci*at"ic, n. [Cf. F. sciatique.] (Med.) Sciatica.
Sci*at"i*ca (?), n. [NL.] (Med.) Neuralgia of the sciatic nerve, an
affection characterized by paroxysmal attacks of pain in the buttock,
back of the thigh, or in the leg or foot, following the course of the
branches of the sciatic nerve. The name is also popularly applied to
various painful affections of the hip and the parts adjoining it. See
Ischiadic passion, under Ischiadic.
Sci*at"ic*al (?), a. (Anat.) Sciatic.
Sci*at"ic*al*ly, adv. With, or by means of, sciatica.