INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does intermittent claudication mean? 

• INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION (noun)
  The noun INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION has 1 sense:

1. lameness due to pain in leg muscles because the blood supply is inadequate; pain subsides with rest

  Familiarity information: INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lameness due to pain in leg muscles because the blood supply is inadequate; pain subsides with rest

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("intermittent claudication" is a kind of...):

claudication; gameness; gimp; gimpiness; lameness; limping (disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet)

 Context examples 

Clinical signs include impotence, intermittent claudication, diminished femoral pulses and cold, pallid lower extremities.

(Leriche Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)