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intermittent claudication

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noun

  1. pathol pain and cramp in the calf muscles, aggravated by walking and caused by an insufficient supply of blood

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Angiologists treat chilblains, gangrene, varicose veins, phlebitis, ulcers, intermittent claudication, Buerger's disease, arteriosclerosis, hypertension.

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Weber calls this case one of arteritis obliterans with intermittent claudication.

From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall

Such are erythromelalgia, Raynaud's disease, "dead fingers," and intermittent claudication.

From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall

The treatment of intermittent claudication is the treatment of arteriosclerosis in general.

From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall

Probably the most frequently seen result of arteriosclerosis in the leg arteries is the remarkable condition, first described by Charcot, known as intermittent claudication.

From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall