A term derived from the Latin word ‘claudicare’ meaning to limp. A patient suffering with intermittent claudication experiences cramping in the legs due to a reduction in the arterial blood supply to the muscles, causing him or her to limp, usually due to poor blood flow in the calf muscles.
Reference: Oxford Concise Medical Dictionary (9th ed) Oxford University Press 2015 ISBN-13: 9780199687817,
