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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For mild cases, like patients with just claudication, best practices recommend that doctors start with noninvasive treatments, which can slow or even reverse symptoms.
From Salon • Jul. 3, 2023
"You want to start with the lowest-risk thing because claudication rarely leads to an amputation," said Dr. Peter Lawrence, the former chief of vascular and endovascular surgery at the University of California, Los Angeles.
From Salon • Jul. 3, 2023
Up to half of patients don't have any symptoms, but others feel pain when they walk or exercise, a condition known as claudication.
From Salon • Jul. 3, 2023
Angiologists treat chilblains, gangrene, varicose veins, phlebitis, ulcers, intermittent claudication, Buerger's disease, arteriosclerosis, hypertension.
From Time Magazine Archive
See also Individual Tissues and Regions constitutional effects of, 249Innominate aneurysm, 314Inoculation tubercle, 382Insects, poisoning by, 130Instruments, sterilisation of, 245Intercostal fibrositis, 413Intermittent claudication of vessels, 98Internal popliteal nerve.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
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