word-forming element meaning 1. after, behind, 2. changed, altered, 3. higher, beyond; from Greek meta (prep.) in the midst of, in common with, by means of, in pursuit or quest of, from PIE *me-in the middle (cf. German mit, Gothic miÃ¾, Old English miÃ° with, together with, among; see mid).
There are a number of reasons you may have numbness in the thigh. The most common cause of thigh numbness without other symptoms is compression or irritation of the nerve that supplies the skin of the upper, outside part of the thigh, called the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve.
If the tingling and possibly numbness is on the back of your leg, anywhere from your butt, back of the thighs, behind your knee or in the calf, it could be a pinched sciatic nerve. The sciatic nerve can cause pain, numbness and or tingling on the back of your leg.