ambulism

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noun

A disorder involving walking.

OriginLatin ambulō →
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Meanings

nounambulism (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineA 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

  1. Latinambulō“to walk”
  2. Englishambulism

From Latin ambulō (“to walk”) + -ism.

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APA

ambulism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ambulism

MLA

“ambulism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ambulism. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ambulism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ambulism.

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