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ambulism

ambulism noun: a disorder involving walking.

Noun

ambulism (uncountable)

  1. A disorder involving walking.
    • These, apart from nocturnal ambulism, are the simplest conditions of systematised partial waking.1916, Carl Gustav Jung, Constance Ellen Long, Analytical Psychology

Origin of ambulism

From Latin ambulō (“to walk”) + -ism.

Questions about ambulism

What does ambulism mean?
Ambulism means a disorder involving walking.
What part of speech is ambulism?
Ambulism is a noun.

Words near ambulism in the dictionary

  1. ambulatory cares
  2. ambulette
  3. ambulettes
  4. ambulift
  5. ambulifts
  6. ambulism
  7. ambulocetid
  8. ambulocetids
  9. ambulomancy
  10. ambulometer
  11. ambulometers

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