ambulatory
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈam.bjə.ləˌtɔ.ɹi/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: am‧bu‧la‧to‧ry
Adjective
ambulatory (comparative more ambulatory, superlative most ambulatory)
- Of, relating to, or adapted to walking
- ambulatory exercise
- Sir H. Wotton
- The princess of whom his majesty had an ambulatory view in his travels.
- (comparable, medicine) Able to walk about and not bedridden.
- an ambulatory patient
- (medicine) Performed on or involving an ambulatory patient or an outpatient.
- an ambulatory electrocardiogram
- ambulatory medical care
- Accustomed to move from place to place; not stationary; movable.
- an ambulatory court, which exercises its jurisdiction in different places
- Jeremy Taylor
- The priesthood […] before was very ambulatory, and dispersed into all families.
- (law) Not yet legally fixed or settled; alterable.
- The dispositions of a will are ambulatory until the death of the testator.
Translations
Of, relating to, or adapted to walking
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Performed on or involving an ambulatory patient or an outpatient
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Noun
ambulatory (plural ambulatories)
- The round walkway encircling the altar in many cathedrals.
- Any part of a building intended for walking in; a corridor.
Translations
round walkway encircling the altar
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