Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sciatic_nerve

1 sense of sciatic nerve

Sense 1
sciatic nerve, nervus ischiadicus -- (arises from the sacral plexus and passes about halfway down the thigh where it divides into the common peroneal and tibial nerves)
       => nerve, nervus -- (any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body)