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• ambulance — /ˈæmbjələns / (say ambyuhluhns) noun a vehicle specially equipped for carrying sick or wounded persons. {French, from (hôpital) ambulant walking (hospital) or mobile field hospital; later voiture d ambulance ambulance vehicle, from which… …  

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• ambulance — [am′byə ləns, am′byo͞oləns] n. [Fr < ( hôpital) ambulant < prp. of L ambulare: see AMBLE] 1. Obs. a mobile field hospital 2. a specially equipped automobile or other vehicle for carrying the sick or wounded …   English World dictionary

• am|bu|lance — «AM byuh luhns», noun. 1. an automobile, boat, or aircraft equipped to carry sick, injured, or wounded persons. 2. (formerly) a moving hospital accompanying an army; field hospital. ╂[< French ambulance < (hôspital) ambulant mobile… …   Useful english dictionary