Am'be or Am'bi, n.

noun

[Gr. ἄμβη, a projecting lip or edge, brim (Hippocrates); Fr. umbi; N. Lat. amba, ambe, ambo, the mango-tree; Ar. amb.] (Med.) (a.) A superficial eminence on a bone. (b.) A surgical instrument formerly used for reducing dislocations of the shoulder. Dunglison.