claudication n.

"a halting or limping, a limp," 1550s, from French claudication (13c.) or directly from Latin claudicationem (nominative claudicatio) "a limping," noun of action from past-participle stem of claudicare "to limp, be lame," from claudus "limping, halting, lame," which is of unknown origin. Related: Claudicant (adj.); claudicate.