claudication


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
claudication /ˌklɔːdɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/
noun Medicine
  • 1 limping.
  • 2 (also intermittent claudication) a condition in which cramping pain in the leg is induced by exercise, typically caused by obstruction of the arteries.
– origin ME: from L. claudicatio(n-), from claudicare ‘to limp’, from claudus ‘lame’.
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