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ambulance

am·bu·lance [ ámbyələnss ] (plural am·bu·lances)


noun 
Definition:
 
vehicle for carrying to hospital: a vehicle designed and equipped for carrying people to and from a hospital

[Mid-19th century. < French< hôpital ambulant "field hospital," literally "walking hospital" < Latin ambulant-, present participle of ambulare "walk"]
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