claudicant

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adjective

limping

OriginLatin claudicans →
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Meanings

adjectiveclaudicant (comparative more claudicant, superlative most claudicant)

comparative more claudicant · superlative most claudicant

  1. medicinelimping
nounclaudicant (plural claudicants)

plural claudicants

  1. medicineOne who limps.

    A patient who was previously a claudicant may now have acute limb-threatening ischaemia, which then forces the surgeon or radiologist to re-intervene.

    2012, O. James Garden, Andrew W. Bradbury, John L. R. Forsythe, Principles and Practice of Surgery

Origin

  1. Latinclaudicans
  2. Englishclaudicant

From Latin claudicans, present participle of claudico (“to limp”), from claudus (“crippled”).

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APA

claudicant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/claudicant

MLA

“claudicant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/claudicant. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “claudicant,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/claudicant.

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