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ambulance definition

am·bu·lance (am′byə ləns, -byo̵̅o̅-)

noun

  1. Obsolete a mobile field hospital
  2. a specially equipped automobile or other vehicle for carrying the sick or wounded

Etymology: Fr < (hôpital) ambulant < prp. of L ambulare: see amble

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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