Usually means: Painful cramping due to ischemia.
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  1. claudication: Merriam-Webster
  2. claudication: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. claudication: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. claudication: Collins English Dictionary
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  7. claudication: Wiktionary
  8. claudication: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. claudication: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. claudication: Dictionary.com
  11. Claudication: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Claudication: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. claudication: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  15. Claudication: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. claudication: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. claudication: FreeDictionary.org
  18. claudication: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  19. claudication: Mnemonic Dictionary
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Medicine (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. claudication: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Claudication: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Claudication: Merck Manuals
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  7. claudication: Medical dictionary
  8. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  9. Claudication: Drug Medical Dictionary
  10. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (claudication)

▸ noun:  (medicine, uncountable) Limping.
▸ noun:  (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.

Similar:
limping, lameness, gimp, gimpiness, gameness, heavy legs, deadleg, lumbago, lumbosciatalgia, lipedema, more...

Opposite:
ambulation, mobility, walking

Phrases:
Intermittent claudication, Neurogenic claudication, jaw claudication, venous claudication, more...

Adjectives:
intermittent, neurogenic, severe, vascular, venous, spinal, lower, mild, true, bilateral, stable



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Similar:
limping, lameness, gimp, gimpiness, gameness, heavy legs, deadleg, lumbago, lumbosciatalgia, lipedema, more...

Opposite:
ambulation, mobility, walking

Phrases:
Intermittent claudication, Neurogenic claudication, jaw claudication, venous claudication, more...

Adjectives:
intermittent, neurogenic, severe, vascular, venous, spinal, lower, mild, true, bilateral, stable



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