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ambulant en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /ˈæm.bjə.lənt/ (US)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ambulans, present participle of ambulare (“to walk”).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Able to walk; ambulatory.
   • The patients, mostly ambulant, were brought in one by one. 2017, Theodore Dalrymple, The Knife Went In:
   • They are crossing the carpark with difficulty for Rick is holding Pym's arm in an ambulant bearhug and they are advancing at an angle like a pair of crookedly hung overcoats. 1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy:
2. (not-comparable) Designed for use by somebody with a disability that impairs, but does not prevent, walking.
   • an ambulant toilet

Deriveds

nonambulant

ambulant en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈæm.bjə.lənt/ (US)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ambulans, present participle of ambulare (“to walk”).

Meanings

1. A patient who is able to walk.

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