n. 1. A halt or lameness in a person's walk; a limp. 2. See intermittent claudication. [Middle English claudicacioun, from Latin claudicātiō, claudicātiōn-, from claudicātus, past participle of claudicāre, to limp, from claudus, lame.] |
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