claudication
Americannoun
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a limp or a lameness.
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leg weakness associated with circulation difficulties, relieved by rest.
noun
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limping; lameness
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pathol short for intermittent claudication
Etymology
Origin of claudication
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin claudicātiōn- (stem of claudicātiō ), equivalent to claudic ( āre ) to limp (derivative of claudus lame) + -atiōn- -ation
Example Sentences
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One symptom called "intermittent claudication" occurs when pain develops in the calf, thigh or buttock muscles after walking short distances and subsides after rest.
From US News
Cilostazol, also sold as Ekistol, is used for treatment of intermittent claudication, or limping, usually as a result of arterial disease.
From Reuters
The treatment of intermittent claudication is the treatment of arteriosclerosis in general.
From Project Gutenberg
The patient is liable to sudden attacks of numbness, tingling and weakness of the limbs which pass off with rest—intermittent claudication.
From Project Gutenberg
The course taken by cases of lameness is as variable as the degree of its manifestation, and no one can definitely predict the duration of any given cause of claudication.
From Project Gutenberg
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