Certain symptoms are unique depending on the underlying cause of the sciatica. For example, bending the body backward or walking more than a short distance often triggers symptoms when spinal stenosis is the cause. Bending the body forward may trigger symptoms if the cause is a lumbar herniated disc. Sciatica Symptoms for Each Nerve Root
Wiktionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition: 1  repugnant(Adjective) Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion. 2  repugnant(Adjective) Opposed or in conflict.
1 to refuse to accept (a person); spurn: to repel a suitor. 2  to cause distaste or dislike in; disgust: the odor repelled him. 3  to cause (insects, etc.) to react by staying away.  to be resistant to, or present an opposing force to: a coating that repels moisture.