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ambulant
[ am-byuh-luhnt ]
/ ˈæm byə lənt /
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adjective
moving from place to place; itinerant; shifting.
Medicine/Medical. ambulatory (def. 4).
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Origin of ambulant
First recorded in 1645–55; from French , from Latin ambulant- (stem of ambulāns, present participle of ambulāre “to walk”); see origin at amble
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British Dictionary definitions for ambulant
ambulant
/ (ˈæmbjʊlənt) /
adjective
moving about from place to place
med another word for ambulatory (def. 3)
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Medical definitions for ambulant
ambulant
[ ăm′byə-lənt ]
adj.
Moving or walking about.
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