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# ambulation

«ambulation» in Mova's school dictionary: **Walking or moving about on foot** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (ambulation) — formal, medicine

### meaning for a pupil

(formal, medicine) Walking or moving about on foot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ambulation/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used by doctors and nurses: after an operation, early ambulation (getting up and walking) helps recovery. Rare in everyday talk.

### examples

- The nurse helped with Grandad's ambulation after surgery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ambulation/#x1)
- Early ambulation helps patients heal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ambulation/#x2)
- The crutches assist ambulation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ambulation/#x3)
- Ambulation was slow after her knee operation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ambulation/#x4)
- The physio checked his ambulation in the corridor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ambulation/#x5)
- Ambulation means walking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ambulation/#x6)

### note

Uncountable. Related: ambulatory (able to walk). Not connected in meaning to «ambulance», though both come from Latin for walking.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ambulation» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ambulation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.