| ambulacral | <zoology> Of or pertaining to ambulacra; avenuelike; as, the ambulacral ossicles, plates, spines, and suckers of echinoderms. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| ambulacriform | <zoology> Having the form of ambulacra. Origin: Ambulacrum. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ambulacrum | Origin: L, an alley or covered way. <zoology> One of the radical zones of echinoderms, along which run the principal nerves, blood vessels, and water tubes. These zones usually bear rows of locomotive suckers or tentacles, which protrude from regular pores. In star fishes they occupy the grooves along the under side of the rays. One of the suckers on the feet of mites. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ambulance | A field hospital, so organised as to follow an army in its movements, and intended to succor the wounded as soon as possible. Often used adjectively; as, an ambulance wagon; ambulance stretcher; ambulance corps. An ambulance wagon or cart for conveying the wounded from the field, or to a hospital. Origin: F. Ambulance, hopital ambulant, fr. L. Ambulare to walk. See Amble. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ambulances | A vehicle equipped for transporting patients in need of emergency care. (12 Dec 1998) |
| ambulant | <biology> Walking or able to walk. Origin: L. Ambulans = walking (05 Feb 1998) |
| ambulant erysipelas | A widely spreading form involving the entire face or body surface. Synonym: ambulant erysipelas, wandering erysipelas. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ambulant oedema | Oedema forming during periods of walking with the legs dependent. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ambulator | 1. One who walks about; a walker. 2. <zoology> A beetle of the genus Lamia. A genus of birds, or one of this genus. 3. An instrument for measuring distances; called also perambulator. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ambulatory | <biology> An organism which is able to move from place to place, and is not stationary. most often the term is used to describe organisms which can walk. (09 Oct 1997) |
| ambulatory anaesthesia | Anaesthesia provided on an outpatient basis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ambulatory automatism | A person's automatic performance of an action or series of actions without being consciously aware of the processes involved in the performance. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ambulatory care | Medical care (including diagnosis, observation, treatment and rehabilitation) provided on an outpatient basis. Ambulatory care is given to persons who are not confined to a hospital but rather are ambulatory and, literally, are able to ambulate or walk about. (A well-baby visit is considered ambulatory care even though the baby is not walking). (12 Dec 1998) |
| ambulatory care facilities | Those facilities which administer health services to individuals who do not require hospitalization or institutionalization. (12 Dec 1998) |
| ambulatory care information systems | Information systems, usually computer-assisted, designed to store, manipulate, and retrieve information for planning, organizing, directing, and controlling administrative activities associated with the provision and utilization of ambulatory care services and facilities. (12 Dec 1998) |