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Webster 1913 Edition


Claudication

Clauˊdi-ca′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
claudicatio
.]
A halting or limping.
[R.]
Tatler.

Webster 1828 Edition


Claudication

CLAUDICATION

,
Noun.
A halting or limping.

Definition 2024


claudication

claudication

English

Noun

claudication (countable and uncountable, plural claudications)

  1. A temporary cramp-like pain in the calf muscles.
    • 2008, Mary E. Klingensmith, The Washington Manual of Surgery (page 327)
      Chronic venous disease includes cosmetically undesirable telangiectasias, varicose veins, venous ulceration, and claudication.
  2. A specific limp caused by this pain.

French

Noun

claudication f (plural claudications)

  1. limp, lameness