ambulatory
ambulatory Lexical Profile
ambulatory Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Relating to or adapted for walking; capable of walking about rather than being confined to bed.
"The physical therapist was pleased to see that the patient was already ambulatory two days after knee surgery."
Relating to or providing medical care on an outpatient basis, without requiring an overnight hospital stay.
"Minor surgical procedures are increasingly performed in specialized ambulatory care centers."
Moving from place to place rather than remaining fixed in one location; in law, alterable or revocable (such as a will during a testator's lifetime).
"Because a last will and testament is ambulatory until the maker's death, its provisions can be modified at any time."
• noun
A covered passage or aisle for walking, especially a semicircular walkway curving around the apse behind the high altar of a church or around a monastic cloister.
"Pilgrims walked quietly through the vaulted stone ambulatory to view the chapels radiating from the apse."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 16th century from Latin ambulatorius ('of or for walking, movable'), derived from ambulare ('to walk').