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ambulant, a.|ˈæmbjʊlənt|
[ad. L. ambulantem pr. pple. of ambulā-re to walk about. Also in mod.Fr. ambulant.]
1. Walking, moving about.
1619Bacon Let. 20 Nov. in Spedding Lett. & Life (1874) VII. 61 Sir Edward Coke was at Friday's hearing, but in his night-cap; and complained to me he was ambulant and not current. 1654Gayton Fest. Notes iv. 8 (L.) A knight dormant, ambulant, combatant. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. III. iv. vi. 267 An ambulant ‘Revolutionary Army’..shall perambulate the country at large. 1885G. Meredith Diana II. ii. 58 The zealous Irishman might be trusted to become an ambulant advertizer.
2. Moving, shifting, unfixed. rare.
1810Coleridge Friend i. xi. (1867) 44 Discriminating offence from merit by such dim and ambulant boundaries.
†3. Path. and Med.
a. Of a disease: shifting from one part of the body to another; = wandering ppl. a. 2 g. Obs.
1879St. George's Hosp. Rep. IX. 703 Such inquirers..must bear in mind the existence of ambulant fever. 1881A. B. Ball in von Ziemssen's Cycl. Med. Suppl. 682 Ambulant œdema.
b. Of a disease: allowing the patient to walk about, not confining him to bed; also of medical treatment in which the patient is allowed or ordered to walk about, and of a patient who is able to walk.
1913Dorland Med. Dict., Ambulant, Ambulatory... Walking or able to walk; not confining the patient to bed. 1927Daily Tel. 31 May 15/5 Additional provision for what was called ambulant treatment of those suffering from lupus. 1958Hosp. O. & M. Service Reports I. 11 Patients who attend from a distance (and who have no private transport) are dependent either on public transport or, if non-ambulant, on the ambulance service. |