Definitions for Ambulatoryˈæm byə ləˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
am•bu•la•to•ryˈæm byə ləˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i(adj.; n.)(pl.)-ries.
(adj.)of, pertaining to, or capable of walking.
moving about or from place to place; not stationary.
not confined to bed; able or strong enough to walk. serving patients who are able to walk.
Category: Medicine
Ref: Also, ambulant. 2
Law. not fixed; alterable or revocable:
an ambulatory will.
Category: Law
(n.)an aisle surrounding the end of the choir or chancel of a church.
Category: Architecture
the covered walk of a cloister.
Origin of ambulatory:
1615–25; < L
Princeton's WordNet
ambulatory(adj)
a covered walkway (as in a cloister)
"it has an ambulatory and seven chapels"
ambulatory(adj)
relating to or adapted for walking
"an ambulatory corridor"
ambulant, ambulatory(adj)
able to walk about
"the patient is ambulatory"
Wiktionary
ambulatory(Noun)
The round walkway encircling the altar in many cathedrals.
ambulatory(Adjective)
Of, relating to, or adapted to walking
ambulatory exercise
ambulatory(Adjective)
Able to walk about and not bedridden.
an ambulatory patient
ambulatory(Adjective)
Performed on or involving an ambulatory patient or an outpatient.
Webster Dictionary
Ambulatory(adj)
of or pertaining to walking; having the faculty of walking; formed or fitted for walking; as, an ambulatory animal
Ambulatory(adj)
accustomed to move from place to place; not stationary; movable; as, an ambulatory court, which exercises its jurisdiction in different places
Ambulatory(adj)
pertaining to a walk
Ambulatory(adj)
not yet fixed legally, or settled past alteration; alterable; as, the dispositions of a will are ambulatory until the death of the testator
Ambulatory(noun)
a place to walk in, whether in the open air, as the gallery of a cloister, or within a building
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