ambulance
ambulance Lexical Profile
ambulance Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A specially equipped motor vehicle, aircraft, or boat used to transport sick or injured people to a medical facility in emergencies.
"The paramedics quickly loaded the patient into the ambulance and sped toward the nearest trauma center."
A mobile medical unit or temporary field hospital that travels with an army to treat wounded soldiers.
"During the American Civil War, horse-drawn ambulances provided critical frontline triage before the wounded were moved to permanent hospitals."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Derived in the late 18th century from the French word 'ambulance', originally part of the phrase 'hôpital ambulant' meaning 'walking hospital'. It ultimately traces back to the Latin 'ambulare', meaning 'to walk'.
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