SCIATICA
Sci*at"i*ca, n. Etym: [NL.] (Med.)
Defn: Neuralgia of the sciatic nerve, an affection characterized by paroxysmal attacks of pain in the buttock, back of the thing, 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 adjoininhg. See Ischiadic passion, under Ischiadic.
SCIATICAL
Sci*at"ic*al, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Sciatic.
SCIATICALLY
Sci*at"ic*al*ly, adv.
Defn: With, or by means of, sciatica.
SCIBBOLETH
Scib"bo*leth, n.
Defn: Shibboleth. [Obs.]
SCIENCE Sci"ence, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. scientia, fr. sciens, -entis, p.pr. of scire to know. Cf. Conscience, Conscious, Nice.]
1. Knowledge; lnowledge of principles and causes; ascertained truth of facts. If we conceive God's or science, before the creation, to be extended to all and every part of the world, seeing everything as it is, . . . his science or sight from all eternity lays no necessity on anything to come to pass. Hammond. Shakespeare's deep and accurate science in mental philosophy. Coleridge.