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sciatic (iou)



sciatic noun & adjective. E16.
[Old & mod. French sciatique from late Latin sciaticus alt. of medieval Latin ischiaticus: see ISCHIATIC. Cf. medieval Latin scia hip.]
Anatomy & Medicine.
A. noun.
= SCIATICA. E16-E19.
The hip. Only in M16.
ellipt. A sciatic nerve, vein, etc. M16.
b. adjective.
Of, belonging to, or associated with the ischium or hip. L16.
sciatic nerve the largest nerve in the human body, which emerges from the pelvis on either side and passes down the back of the thigh. sciatic notch either of two notches on the posterior edge of the hip-bone.
Of the Nature of or pertaining to sciatica; affected with sciatica. L16.

worker (medicine)


worker


1. One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass. "Professors of holiness, but workers of iniquity." (Shak)

2. <zoology> One of the neuter, or sterile, individuals of the social ants, bees, and white ants. The workers are generally females having the sexual organs imperfectly developed. See Ant, and White ant, under White.

Source: Websters Dictionary