Ambulant

//ˈæm.bjə.lənt// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A patient who is able to walk.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Able to walk; ambulatory. not-comparable

    "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."

  2. 2
    Designed for use by somebody with a disability that impairs, but does not prevent, walking. not-comparable

    "an ambulant toilet"

Adjective
  1. 1
    able to walk about wordnet

Example

More examples

"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."

Etymology

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

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