claudicant

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

claudicant (comparative more claudicant, superlative most claudicant)

1. (medicine) limping

Noun

claudicant (plural claudicants)

1. (medicine) One who limps.
   • 2012, O. James Garden, Andrew W. Bradbury, John L. R. Forsythe, Principles and Practice of Surgery:

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

References

• “claudicant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Verb

claudicant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of claudicō