ambulant
[ am-byuh-luh nt ]
/ ˈæm byə lənt /
adjective
moving from place to place; itinerant; shifting.
Medicine/Medical. ambulatory(def 4).
RELATED WORDS
peripatetic, nomadic, wandering, roving, itinerant, vagrant, gypsy, ambulatory, wayfaring, vagabond, floating, travelling, mobile, migrant, afoot, migratory, moving, unsettled, ranging
Nearby words
- ambu bag,
- ambulacrum,
- ambulance,
- ambulance chaser,
- ambulance stocks,
- ambulante,
- ambulate,
- ambulatory,
- ambulatory care,
- ambulatory surgery
Origin of ambulant
1645–55; (< F) < Latin ambulant- (stem of ambulāns, present participle of ambulāre to walk). See amble
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ambulant
/ (ˈæmbjʊlənt) /
adjective
moving about from place to place
med another word for ambulatory (def. 3)
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ambulant
1610s, from Latin ambulantem (nominative ambulans), present participle of ambulare (see amble). Of diseases, denoting cases in which the patient may be up and around, by 1913.
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ambulant
[ ăm′byə-lənt ]
adj.
Moving or walking about.
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