To limp or walk with difficulty; to be lame or move unevenly due to an injury or disability.
From Latin claudicare 'to limp,' derived from claudus 'lame,' a root that also appears in 'claudication' and emperor Claudius's name.
This medical term preserves a Latin verb that's been used for over 2,000 years to describe lameness—Galen, the famous Roman physician, used 'claudicare' to describe injured soldiers, making it one of medicine's oldest technical terms.
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