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ambulation|æmbjʊˈleɪʃən|
[ad. L. ambulātiōn-em, n. of action f. ambulāre to walk.]
1. The action of walking, moving about.
1574T. Newton Health of Mag. 7 Persons which feede upon grosse meates..may use vehementer exercise and stronger ambulations. a1770Akenside The Poet The door is free, And calls him to evade their deafening clang By private ambulation. 1839Blackw. Mag. XLV. 779 A style of ambulation peculiarly crustacean!
†2. The spreading of a gangrene. Obs.
1541R. Copland Guydon's Formul. R iv, To drye the rottennesse that is..blody, and vyrulent and after nede to deffende the ambulacyon. 1751Chambers Cycl., Ambulation, in physic, is used by some for the spreading of a gangrene or mortification. |