sciatic nerve

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Noun

sciatic nerve (plural sciatic nerves)

  1. (neuroanatomy) A large nerve that starts in the lower back and runs through the buttock and down the lower limb.
    • 2022, Percival Everett, Dr. No, Influx Press (2023), page 142:
      His right hand detoured to cover his left shoulder and I kicked him in his mid right thigh, finding, it appeared, his sciatic nerve.

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