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ambulance
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am·bu·lance  (mby-lns)
n.
A specially equipped vehicle used to transport the sick or injured.

[French, from (hôpital) ambulant, mobile (hospital), from Latin ambulns, ambulant-, present participle of ambulre, to walk; see ambhi in Indo-European roots.]

ambulance
Noun
a motor vehicle designed to carry sick or injured people [Latin ambulare to walk]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.ambulanceambulance - a vehicle that takes people to and from hospitals
auto, automobile, car, motorcar, machine - a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work"
funny wagon - an ambulance used to transport patients to a mental hospital
Translations

ambulance [ˈæmbjuləns] nambulancia
ambulance [ˈæmbjuləns] nambulance f;
call an ambulance! → appelez une ambulance!
ambulance [ˈæmbjuləns] nKrankenwagen m
ambulance [ˈæmbjuləns] nambulanza

ambulance
n ambulance [ˈӕmbjuləns]
a vehicle for carrying the sick and injured to hospital etc Call an ambulance – this man is very ill!ambulansسَيَّارَة إسْعافлинейкаsanitkaambulanceder Krankenwagenασθενοφόροambulanciakiirabiautoآمبولانسambulanssiambulanceאַמבּוּלַנסएम्बुलेंसkola hitne pomoćimentőautó, a mentőkambulanssjúkrabíllambulanza救急車구급차greitosios pagalbos mašinaātrās palīdzības mašīnakereta ambulanambulanceambulanse, sykebilkaretka pogotowiaambulânciaam­bu­lanţăмашина скорой помощиsanitkarešilni avtosanitetski automobilambulansรถพยาบาลambulans救護車машина швидкої допомогиمریض کو لے جانے والی گاڑیxe cấp cứu

ambulance ends in -ance (not -ence ).


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The athlete was then ambulanced to a local hospital to rule out such injuries as cervical vertebrae fracture or dislocation, cervical spine injuries, and other possible catastrophic injuries.
At least two-thirds of the clinic females ambulanced to our emergency room in the middle of the night, bleeding profusely and in severe pain, were the victims of botched illegal abortions, not spontaneous miscarriages.
 
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