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ambulant

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am·bu·lant  (mby-lnt)
adj.
Moving or walking about.
[French, from Latin ambulns, ambulant-, present participle of ambulre, to walk.]
ambulant [ˈæmbjʊlənt]
adj
1. moving about from place to place
2. (Medicine) Med another word for ambulatory [3]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.ambulant - able to walk about; "the patient is ambulatory"
ambulatory
mobile - moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place); "a mobile missile system"; "the tongue is...the most mobile articulator"
Translations
ambulant, ambulatory (US)
adj patient → gehfähig


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