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Able to walk about, not bedridden or immobile.

Means the same as “ambulatory” (able to ambulate, walk about).

A vehicle equipped with medications and devices intended to stabilize patients while speeding them to a hospital. In its original sense, an ambulance was a mobile field hospital.

An abnormal amount of hair growth on the body relative to the amount normally present on a person of the same age, race, and gender. Hypertrichosis has also been referred to as Ambras Syndrome and informally as Werewolf syndrome. The degree of severity can vary among affected persons. The excess hair may be present in…

Amblyopia refers to blindness so nocturnal amblyopia is, literally, night blindness. Listed in medical dictionaries under “Nyctalopia” from the Greek nyct (night) + aloas (obscure or blind) + opsis (vision), the condition involves impaired vision in dim light and in the dark due to impaired function of specific vision cells (namely, the rods) in the retina. Night…

Partial or complete loss of vision in one eye caused by conditions that affect the normal development of vision. These conditions include strabismus, in which the eyes are crossed inward (esotropia) or turned outward (exotropia) and anisometropia, in which there is a major difference in refractive error between the two eyes from nearsightedness, farsightedness, or astigmatism. Less common causes of amblyopia…

Genitalia that are neither typically female nor typically male. Also known as intersexual genitalia. Girls (with a 46, XX chromosome constitution) can have virilized genitalia due to excess androgen action. Conversely, the genitalia in boys (with a 46, XY chromosome constitution) can appear undermasculinized or frankly feminized because of lack of androgen action.

Surrounding, present on all sides; encompassing. As, the ambient noise is deafening, or the ambient light is blinding. From the Latin “ambire” meaning “to go around.”

Able to use both the right and left hands with equal dexterity. Neither right- nor left-handed.

A condition wherein the breast tissue is absent, but the nipple is present. Amazia is typically a result of radiation or surgery.