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Definition of Ambulance

1. Noun. A vehicle that takes people to and from hospitals.

Definition of Ambulance

1. n. A field hospital, so organized 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.

Definition of Ambulance

1. Noun. An emergency vehicle that transports sick or injured people to a hospital. ¹

2. Noun. (military) A mobile field hospital. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ambulance

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Medical Definition of Ambulance

1. 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)

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Literary usage of Ambulance

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"36 ambulance orderlies (nine of whom to k mounted corporals) ; 10 wagon ... Total, 2J4 ambulance CORPS. The modern army corps has become so large and is so ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1869)
"In Plates V. to VIII. plans of various ambulance wagons are delineated. ... The advantages of this model of ambulance are, in the opinion of the author, ..."

3. Medical Recollections of the Army of the Potomac by Jonathan Letterman (1866)
"The following revised regulations for the organization of the ambulance Corps, and the management of the ambulance Trains, are published for the government ..."

4. Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the British Museum Libraryby British Museum Dept. of Printed Books, Dept. of Printed Books, British Museum by British Museum Dept. of Printed Books, Dept. of Printed Books, British Museum (1906)
"ambulance WORK. ambulance Work and Nursing, pp. 304. Land. 1905. 8°. ... St. John ambulance Association. The Origin and Development of the St. John ..."

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