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claudication

[ klaw-di-key-shuhn ]

noun

  1. a limp or a lameness.
  2. leg weakness associated with circulation difficulties, relieved by rest.


claudication

/ ˌɔːɪˈɪʃə /

noun

  1. limping; lameness
  2. pathol short for intermittent claudication
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of claudication1

1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin ܻ徱پō- (stem of ܻ徱پō ), equivalent to claudic ( ) to limp (derivative of claudus lame) + -پō- -ation
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of claudication1

C18: from Latin ܻ徱پō, from claudic, from claudus lame
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Up to half of patients don't have any symptoms, but others feel pain when they walk or exercise, a condition known as claudication.

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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.

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Cilostazol, also sold as Ekistol, is used for treatment of intermittent claudication, or limping, usually as a result of arterial disease.

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

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The patient is liable to sudden attacks of numbness, tingling and weakness of the limbs which pass off with rest—intermittent claudication.

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