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sciatica

Persistent pain in the back and down the outside of one leg, along the sciatic nerve and its branches. Causes of sciatica include inflammation of the nerve or pressure of a displaced disc on a nerve root leading out of the lower spine.
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This naturally led to some pleasant chat about sciatica, fevers, chills, lung diseases, and bronchitis; and Harris said how very awkward it would be if one of us were taken seriously ill in the night, seeing how far away we were from a doctor.
Three Men In A Boat (To Say Nothing Of The Dog) by Jerome, Jerome K. View in context
She remembered the time when the house was shut up by associating it with the time when she was confined to her bed by an attack of sciatica.
Law and the Lady by Collins, Wilkie View in context
He seemed to be afflicted with some form of sciatica, and limped painfully along.
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