ambulance/ˈæm.bjə.ləns/EtymologyBorrowed from French ambulance, which replaced hôpital ambulant (“moving hospital”) via the suffix -ance, from Latin ambulō (“to walk; to go about”).nounAn emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital.“The NHS is bracing itself for its worst ever winter crisis descending in the next fortnight because of a worsening “flu-nami” that has left hospitals, GP surgeries and ambulances services under intense strain.”A mobile field hospital.A vehicle used for the transportation of dead people, typically to a mortuary.Synonym of stretcher, a litter used for medical transport.Synonym of covered wagon.verbTo transport by ambulance.“Ambulancing patients with acute obstruction over cobble and rails should not be tolerated; better render the necessary service where the patient is found.”