WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
clau•di•ca•tion
(klô′di kā′shən),USA pronunciation n.
- Pathologya limp or a lameness.
- Pathologyleg weakness associated with circulation difficulties, relieved by rest.
- Latin claudicātiōn- (stem of claudicātiō), equivalent. to claudic(āre) to limp (derivative of claudus lame) + -atiōn- -ation
- late Middle English 1375–1425