Medicine: describing a person or animal that is lame or limping; moving with difficulty due to lameness.
From Latin claudicant- (present participle of claudicare 'to limp'), derived from claudus 'lame,' the same root as the emperor Claudius's name.
The Roman emperor Claudius was likely named after a family characteristic of lameness or limping—his own name, combined with his actual physical challenges, created a powerful and controversial figure in history.
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