Ambulatory
/ˈam.bjə.ləˌtoɹ.i/ adj, noun
adj, noun ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The semicircular walkway behind the altar and apse in many cathedrals.
- 2 a covered walkway (as in a cloister) wordnet
- 3 Any part of a building intended for walking in; a corridor.
Adjective
- 1 Of, relating to, or adapted to walking.
"ambulatory exercise"
- 2 Able to walk about and not bedridden. comparable
"an ambulatory patient"
- 3 Performed on or involving an outpatient.
"an ambulatory electrocardiogram"
- 4 Relating to ambulances.
"ambulatory fleet"
- 5 Accustomed to move from place to place; not stationary; movable.
"an ambulatory court, which exercises its jurisdiction in different places"
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- 6 Not yet legally fixed or settled; alterable.
"The dispositions of a will are ambulatory until the death of the testator."
Adjective
- 1 able to walk about wordnet
- 2 relating to or adapted for walking wordnet
Example
More examples"I need you to take me to the ambulatory surgery center on Monday."
Etymology
From Latin ambulatorius. By surface analysis, ambulate + -ory, or, by surface analysis, ambulator + -y.