ambulant

[am-byuh-luhnt] Origin

am·bu·lant

[am-byuh-luhnt]
adjective
1.
moving from place to place; itinerant; shifting.
2.
Medicine/Medical. ambulatory (def. 4).

Origin:
1645–55; (< F) < Latin ambulant- (stem of ambulāns, present participle of ambulāre to walk). See amble

un·am·bu·lant, adjective
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Ambulant is always a great word to know.
So is mandible. Does it mean:
the bone of the lower jaw.
the tongue.
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World English Dictionary
ambulant (ˈæmbjʊlənt)
 
adj
1.  moving about from place to place
2.  med another word for ambulatory

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Word Origin & History

ambulant
1610s, from L. ambulantem (nom. ambulans), prp. of ambulare (see amble). Of diseases, by 1913.
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Medical Dictionary

ambulant am·bu·lant (ām'byə-lənt)
adj.
Moving or walking about.

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