ambulant vs motile

ambulant

adj
  • Able to walk. 

  • Designed for use by somebody with a disability that impairs, but does not prevent, walking. 

noun
  • A patient who is able to walk. 

motile

adj
  • In organisms: having the power to move spontaneously. 

  • In organs: having the power to move their contents, or to change their shape or tension by writhing or contracting as required by their particular physiological functions. 

  • Of or relating to those mental images that arise from the sensations of bodily movement and position. Cf. kinesthetic, proprioceptive. 

  • In organs or organelles: capable of producing motion. 

noun
  • A person whose prevailing mental imagery takes the form of inner feelings of action, such as incipient pronunciation of words, muscular innervations, etc. 

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