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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. arises from the sacral plexus and passes about halfway down the thigh where it divides into the common peroneal and tibial nerves;
[syn: sciatic nerve, nervus ischiadicus]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sciatic nerve n 1: arises from the sacral plexus and passes about halfway down the thigh where it divides into the common peroneal and tibial nerves [syn: sciatic nerve, nervus ischiadicus]