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.
Repugnant(adj) disposed to fight against; hostile; at war with; being at variance; contrary; inconsistent; refractory; disobedient; also, distasteful in a high degree; offensive; -- usually followed by to, rarely and less properly by with; as, all rudeness was repugnant to her nature.