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ambulate

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am·bu·late  (mby-lt)
intr.v. am·bu·lat·ed, am·bu·lat·ing, am·bu·lates
To walk from place to place; move about.
[Latin ambulre, ambult-, to walk; see ambhi in Indo-European roots.]
ambu·lation n.
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Verb1.ambulate - walk about; not be bedridden or incapable of walking
walk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet"


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(3) For 197 elderly patients after hemiplegic stroke, Friedman (4) showed that almost all of the patients who had attained the ability to ambulate independently by day 7 were more likely to maintain gait independence in the few months afterward than those who could not walk without human assistance by day 7.
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