jmdict 2832870 Active (id#2322544)
ドクターカードクター・カー
Source lang: eng(wasei) "doctor car"
  1. [n]
    • emergency vehicle or ambulance with a doctor aboard
History:
    • A 2024-11-17 00:49:17 Jim Breen (id#2322544)
    • Comments
      Quiet
    • A* 2024-11-10 23:04:59 Jim Breen (id#2320880)
    • A 2024-11-10 23:04:43 Jim Breen (id#2320879)
    • Comments
      It seems the term is more general than just "EMS vehicles". I'll broadent it, approve and reopen.
    • Refs
      WWW images for ドクターカー show a mixture of ambulances and non-patient vehicles. 
      https://www.osaka-kouiki.or.jp/news/3636/
    • Diff
      @@ -13 +13 @@
      -<gloss>nontransporting EMS vehicle</gloss>
      +<gloss>emergency vehicle or ambulance with a doctor aboard</gloss>
    • A* 2024-11-04 10:23:58 Marcus Richert (id#2320153)
    • Comments
      But is a vehicle that doesn't transport patients an ambulance? 
      mw's def of an ambulance: a vehicle equipped for taking sick or injured people to and from hospital
    • A* 2024-11-04 06:02:19 Jim Breen (id#2320134)
    • Comments
      "EMS vehicle" is not that widely used. I think the previous gloss was closer to the Japanese term.
    • Refs
      GG5/中辞典:  an ambulance with a doctor aboard
      ルミナス: ambulance (car) which carries a doctor and a nurse with medical equipment in an emergency
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