am'b[=e], n. an old mechanical contrivance, ascribed to Hippocrates, for reducing dislocations of the shoulder. [Gr. amb[=e], Ionic for amb[=o]n, a ridge.]
A superficial eminence on a bone. Also, an old surgical machine for reducing dislocations of the shoulder; the invention of which is ascribed to Hippocrates. It is no longer used.-Hippocrates, Scultetus. See Crista.