ambulant
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am·bu·lant
(ăm′byə-lənt)adj.
Moving or walking about.
[French, from Latin ambulāns, ambulant-, present participle of ambulāre, to walk; see ambulance.]
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ambulant
(ˈæmbjʊlənt)adj
1. moving about from place to place
2. (Medicine) med another word for ambulatory3
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am•bu•la•to•ry
(ˈæm byə ləˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i)adj., n., pl. -ries. adj.
1. of, pertaining to, or capable of walking.
2. moving about or from place to place; not stationary.
3. Also, ambulant.
a. not confined to bed; able or strong enough to walk.
b. serving patients who are able to walk.
4. Law. not fixed; alterable or revocable: an ambulatory will.
n. 5. an aisle surrounding the end of the choir or chancel of a church.
6. the covered walk of a cloister.
[1615–25; < Latin]
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Adj. | 1. | ![]() mobile - moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place); "a mobile missile system"; "the tongue is...the most mobile articulator" |
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Translations
ambulant
, ambulatory (US)adj patient → gehfähig
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am·bu·la·to·ry
, ambulanta. ambulatorio-a; ambulante.
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