claudication

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin claudicātiō (“limping”, noun), from claudicō (“to limp, halt, be lame”) +‎ -ātiō (“-ation”, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌklɔː.dɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌklɔː.dɪˈkeɪ.ʃn̩/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

claudication (countable and uncountable, plural claudications)

1. (medicine, uncountable) Limping.
2. (medicine, countable) A condition in which temporary cramp-like pain in the calf muscles is induced by exercise, typically caused by obstruction of the arteries.
   • 2008, Mary E. Klingensmith, The Washington Manual of Surgery, page 327:

     Chronic venous disease includes cosmetically undesirable telangiectasias, varicose veins, venous ulceration, and claudication.

Derived terms

• claudicate

References

• “claudication”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “claudication”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

French

Etymology

From Latin claudicātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

claudication f (plural claudications)

1. limp, lameness
   • 1857, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary […]‎^[1], Paris: Michel Lévy Frères:

     Je voudrais te voir, mon ami, débarrassé de ta hideuse claudication, avec ce balancement de la région lombaire, qui, bien que tu prétendes le contraire, doit te nuire considérablement dans l'exercice de ton métier.

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Further reading

• “claudication”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012