claudication
5 synonyms for claudication, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A medical condition that causes cramp-like pain in the leg during exercise, usually due to poor blood flow in the arteries.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin claudicātiō ("limping", a noun), itself formed from claudicō ("to limp, halt, be lame") plus the nominal suffix -ātiō ("-ation").
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