ambulantadj.

Brit.

/ˈambjᵿlənt/,

/ˈambjᵿln̩t/, U.S.

/ˈæmbjələnt/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin ambulant-, ambulāns, ambulāre.

Etymology: < classical Latin ambulant-, ambulāns, present participle of ambulāre ambulate v. Compare earlier ambulatory adj., ambuling adj.Compare French ambulant (1558 in Middle French), Spanish ambulante (1624), Portuguese ambulante (1671), also German ambulant (1806 or earlier, originally designating a mobile field hospital; 1813 or earlier designating an outpatient). In sense 3a after French ambulant (1788, in érysipèle ambulant , or earlier in this sense); compare earlier ambulative adj., and also wandering adj. 2g.

1. Walking, or able to walk. Also: that moves about from place to place; itinerant; mobile. Cf. ambulatory adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adjective]

walkinga1600

ambling1600

ambulant1619

gressive1668

sashaying1935

1619 F. Bacon Let. 20 Nov. in J. Spedding Lett. & Life Bacon (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.

1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. viii. 218 A Knight Dormant, Ambulant, Combatant.

1783 European Mag. & London Rev. Apr. 264/2 These ambulant booksellers are the only people for vending new productions.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. iv. vi. 267 An ambulant ‘Revolutionary Army’..shall perambulate the country at large.

1885 G. Meredith Diana of Crossways II. ii. 58 The zealous Irishman might be trusted to become an ambulant advertizer.

1902 E. Wharton Valley of Decision I. ii. vii. 195 Every square and open space in the city was crowded with booths, with the tents of ambulant comedians and dentists.

1961 E. Williams George (1982) xvi. 233 A frieze of ambulant humanity, shapeless or corsetted, shadowy or raucous.

1992 Disabled & Supportive Carer Autumn–Winter 13/2 You can imagine my delight at entering a property designed by and for people with disabilities (ambulant and chairbound) that was really suitable for my needs.

2008 G. Steel Vulnerable Careers ii. 46 Thousands of ambulant street vendors wander the streets to sell their merchandise.

2. Liable or subject to movement or change; = ambulatory adj. 2. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > [adjective] > moving easily or freely > not fixed

unfixed1605

ambulant1809

free-floating1815

1809 S. T. Coleridge Friend 7 Sept. 61 Discriminating offence from merit by such dim and ambulant boundaries.

1968 Rep. U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit (Lexis) 16 Sept. Like all legal provisions without a fixed technical meaning, they are ambulant, adaptable to the changes of time.

3. In medical contexts.

a. Of a disease or pathological process: spreading or moving from one part of the body to another. Cf. earlier ambulative adj. 1 and ambulatory adj. 4a. Now rare or disused.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > characteristics > [adjective] > spreading or invasive

runninga1382

walkinga1398

erratic1547

accessive1575

errant1621

vagrant1656

metastatic1822

ambulant1828

aggressive1851

proliferous1874

proliferative1888

metastasizing1906

invasive1926

1828 tr. L. C. Roche & L. J. Sanson in Medico-chirurg. Trans. 14 63 If the erysipelas is spreading (ambulant) [Fr. si l'érysipèle est ambulant], if it threatens to affect successively a large portion of the skin, to last a long time, or to extend indefinitely, it is necessary to fix it by the application of a blister in its centre.

1903 H. W. Stelwagon Treat. Dis. Skin (ed. 2) ii. 393 This rare recurrent ambulant type is sometimes designated chronic erysipelas.

1920 D. Rivas Human Parasitol. xviii. 426 The parasite [sc. Filaria loa] moves quickly, and gives rise to a temporary edema along its course (‘Calabar swellings’, ‘ambulant edema’).

1969 G. Lapage tr. M. Leclerq Entomol. Parasitol. v. 75 The larva burrows in the skin for several weeks or months, causing, as it moves along, ambulant, reddish, oedematous, transient swellings.

b. Of a patient: not requiring hospitalization; able to be treated as an outpatient. Also: designating the treatment of such patients. Cf. ambulatory adj. 4b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > types > [adjective] > non-confining

ambulatory1864

ambulant1869

1869 A. Mathewson & H. G. Newton tr. A. Politzer Membrana Tympani Health & Dis. Introd. 5 Prof. Oppolzer..has allowed us, for the purpose of investigation, the use of clinical material as well as that furnished by ambulant [Ger. ambulatorischen] patients.

1927 Daily Tel. 31 May 15/5 Additional provision for what was called ambulant treatment of those suffering from lupus.

1974 A. W. Woodruff Med. in Tropics xiii. 198/1 Antischistosomal therapy is indicated with widely spaced administration of the antischistosomal drug—at most twice weekly in hospitalised cases and weekly for ambulant cases.

2018 Internat. Jrnl. Cardiol. 269 115/2 Recording of findings of further investigations during recurrent hospitalization or ambulant treatment.

c. Of (an attack of) a disease: not so severe as to confine a person to bed; that allows a person to pursue (some) normal activities. Cf. ambulatory adj. 4c. Now rare.Cf. walking sickness n. at walking adj. Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > characteristics > [adjective] > other characteristics

hoteOE

redeOE

foulOE

elvishc1386

dryc1400

whitec1450

Naples1507

shaking1528

cold1569

exquisite1583

unpure1583

waterish1583

wandering1585

legitimate1615

sulphureous1625

tetrous1637

cagastrical1662

medical1676

ambulatory1684

ebullient1684

frantic1709

animated1721

progressive1736

cagastric1753

vegetative1803

left-handed1804

specific1804

subacute1811

animate1816

gregarious1822

vernal1822

ambilateral1824

subchronic1831

regressive1845

nummular1866

postoperative1872

ambulant1873

non-surgical1888

progredient1891

spodogenous1897

spodogenic19..

non-invasive1932

early-onset1951

adult-onset1957

non-specific1964

1873 Med. & Surg. Reporter 15 Nov. 352/2 These cases may develope into ambulant typhoid fever.

1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. 9 703 In investigating an apparently spontaneous outbreak of typhoid fever, they must bear in mind the existence of ambulant fever.

1963 Afr. Inst. Bull. Dec. 245/2 In the case of adults the disease may still occur but seldom with fatal results, and as a result there are millions of cases of ambulant malaria everywhere in Africa.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	ambulant
释义	ambulantadj. Brit. /ˈambjᵿlənt/, /ˈambjᵿln̩t/, U.S. /ˈæmbjələnt/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin ambulant-, ambulāns, ambulāre. Etymology: < classical Latin ambulant-, ambulāns, present participle of ambulāre ambulate v. Compare earlier ambulatory adj., ambuling adj.Compare French ambulant (1558 in Middle French), Spanish ambulante (1624), Portuguese ambulante (1671), also German ambulant (1806 or earlier, originally designating a mobile field hospital; 1813 or earlier designating an outpatient). In sense 3a after French ambulant (1788, in érysipèle ambulant , or earlier in this sense); compare earlier ambulative adj., and also wandering adj. 2g. 1. Walking, or able to walk. Also: that moves about from place to place; itinerant; mobile. Cf. ambulatory adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adjective] walkinga1600 ambling1600 ambulant1619 gressive1668 sashaying1935 1619 F. Bacon Let. 20 Nov. in J. Spedding Lett. & Life Bacon (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. 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. viii. 218 A Knight Dormant, Ambulant, Combatant. 1783 European Mag. & London Rev. Apr. 264/2 These ambulant booksellers are the only people for vending new productions. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. iv. vi. 267 An ambulant ‘Revolutionary Army’..shall perambulate the country at large. 1885 G. Meredith Diana of Crossways II. ii. 58 The zealous Irishman might be trusted to become an ambulant advertizer. 1902 E. Wharton Valley of Decision I. ii. vii. 195 Every square and open space in the city was crowded with booths, with the tents of ambulant comedians and dentists. 1961 E. Williams George (1982) xvi. 233 A frieze of ambulant humanity, shapeless or corsetted, shadowy or raucous. 1992 Disabled & Supportive Carer Autumn–Winter 13/2 You can imagine my delight at entering a property designed by and for people with disabilities (ambulant and chairbound) that was really suitable for my needs. 2008 G. Steel Vulnerable Careers ii. 46 Thousands of ambulant street vendors wander the streets to sell their merchandise. 2. Liable or subject to movement or change; = ambulatory adj. 2. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > [adjective] > moving easily or freely > not fixed unfixed1605 ambulant1809 free-floating1815 1809 S. T. Coleridge Friend 7 Sept. 61 Discriminating offence from merit by such dim and ambulant boundaries. 1968 Rep. U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit (Lexis) 16 Sept. Like all legal provisions without a fixed technical meaning, they are ambulant, adaptable to the changes of time. 3. In medical contexts. a. Of a disease or pathological process: spreading or moving from one part of the body to another. Cf. earlier ambulative adj. 1 and ambulatory adj. 4a. Now rare or disused. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > characteristics > [adjective] > spreading or invasive runninga1382 walkinga1398 erratic1547 accessive1575 errant1621 vagrant1656 metastatic1822 ambulant1828 aggressive1851 proliferous1874 proliferative1888 metastasizing1906 invasive1926 1828 tr. L. C. Roche & L. J. Sanson in Medico-chirurg. Trans. 14 63 If the erysipelas is spreading (ambulant) [Fr. si l'érysipèle est ambulant], if it threatens to affect successively a large portion of the skin, to last a long time, or to extend indefinitely, it is necessary to fix it by the application of a blister in its centre. 1903 H. W. Stelwagon Treat. Dis. Skin (ed. 2) ii. 393 This rare recurrent ambulant type is sometimes designated chronic erysipelas. 1920 D. Rivas Human Parasitol. xviii. 426 The parasite [sc. Filaria loa] moves quickly, and gives rise to a temporary edema along its course (‘Calabar swellings’, ‘ambulant edema’). 1969 G. Lapage tr. M. Leclerq Entomol. Parasitol. v. 75 The larva burrows in the skin for several weeks or months, causing, as it moves along, ambulant, reddish, oedematous, transient swellings. b. Of a patient: not requiring hospitalization; able to be treated as an outpatient. Also: designating the treatment of such patients. Cf. ambulatory adj. 4b. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > types > [adjective] > non-confining ambulatory1864 ambulant1869 1869 A. Mathewson & H. G. Newton tr. A. Politzer Membrana Tympani Health & Dis. Introd. 5 Prof. Oppolzer..has allowed us, for the purpose of investigation, the use of clinical material as well as that furnished by ambulant [Ger. ambulatorischen] patients. 1927 Daily Tel. 31 May 15/5 Additional provision for what was called ambulant treatment of those suffering from lupus. 1974 A. W. Woodruff Med. in Tropics xiii. 198/1 Antischistosomal therapy is indicated with widely spaced administration of the antischistosomal drug—at most twice weekly in hospitalised cases and weekly for ambulant cases. 2018 Internat. Jrnl. Cardiol. 269 115/2 Recording of findings of further investigations during recurrent hospitalization or ambulant treatment. c. Of (an attack of) a disease: not so severe as to confine a person to bed; that allows a person to pursue (some) normal activities. Cf. ambulatory adj. 4c. Now rare.Cf. walking sickness n. at walking adj. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > characteristics > [adjective] > other characteristics hoteOE redeOE foulOE elvishc1386 dryc1400 whitec1450 Naples1507 shaking1528 cold1569 exquisite1583 unpure1583 waterish1583 wandering1585 legitimate1615 sulphureous1625 tetrous1637 cagastrical1662 medical1676 ambulatory1684 ebullient1684 frantic1709 animated1721 progressive1736 cagastric1753 vegetative1803 left-handed1804 specific1804 subacute1811 animate1816 gregarious1822 vernal1822 ambilateral1824 subchronic1831 regressive1845 nummular1866 postoperative1872 ambulant1873 non-surgical1888 progredient1891 spodogenous1897 spodogenic19.. non-invasive1932 early-onset1951 adult-onset1957 non-specific1964 1873 Med. & Surg. Reporter 15 Nov. 352/2 These cases may develope into ambulant typhoid fever. 1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. 9 703 In investigating an apparently spontaneous outbreak of typhoid fever, they must bear in mind the existence of ambulant fever. 1963 Afr. Inst. Bull. Dec. 245/2 In the case of adults the disease may still occur but seldom with fatal results, and as a result there are millions of cases of ambulant malaria everywhere in Africa. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1619
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