ambulatory
adjective
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L29574 on Wikidata ↗noun
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L316228 on Wikidata ↗Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈam.bjə.ləˌtoɹ.i/ / /-bjʊ-/ / /ˌæm.bjəˈleɪ.tɹi/
adj
Etymology: From Latin ambulatorius. By surface analysis, ambulate + -ory, or, by surface analysis, ambulator + -y.
- Of, relating to, or adapted to walking.
“ambulatory exercise”
“The princess of whom his majesty […]had an ambulatory view in his travels.”
- Able to walk about and not bedridden.
“an ambulatory patient”
- Performed on or involving an outpatient.
“an ambulatory electrocardiogram”
“ambulatory medical care”
- Relating to ambulances.
“ambulatory fleet”
- Accustomed to move from place to place; not stationary; movable.
“an ambulatory court, which exercises its jurisdiction in different places”
“As ſoon as God began to conſtitute a Church and fix the Prieſthood, which before was very ambulatory, and diſpenſed into all families, but ever officiated by the Major domo, God gives the power and deſigns the perſon.”
- Not yet legally fixed or settled; alterable.
“The dispositions of a will are ambulatory until the death of the testator.”
noun
Etymology: From Latin ambulatorius. By surface analysis, ambulate + -ory, or, by surface analysis, ambulator + -y.
- The semicircular walkway behind the altar and apse in many cathedrals.
- Any part of a building intended for walking in; a corridor.