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ambulatory

[ am-byuh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or capable of walking:

    an ambulatory exploration of the countryside.

  2. adapted for walking, as the limbs of many animals.
  3. moving about or from place to place; not stationary:

    an ambulatory tribe.

  4. Also Medicine/Medical.
    1. not confined to bed; able or strong enough to walk:

      an ambulatory patient.

    2. serving patients who are able to walk:

      an ambulatory care center.

  5. Law. not fixed; alterable or revocable:

    ambulatory will.



noun

, plural am·bu·la·to·ries.
  1. Also called deambulatory. Architecture.
    1. an aisle surrounding the end of the choir or chancel of a church.
    2. the covered walk of a cloister.

ambulatory

/ ˈæmbjʊlətərɪ /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or designed for walking
  2. changing position; not fixed
  3. Alsoambulant able to walk
  4. law (esp of a will) capable of being altered or revoked
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. architect
    1. an aisle running around the east end of a church, esp one that passes behind the sanctuary
    2. a place for walking, such as an aisle or a cloister
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • ambu·la·tori·ly adverb
  • non·ambu·la·tory adjective noun plural nonambulatories
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ambulatory1

1615–25; < Latin ambulātōrius, equivalent to ambulā-, stem of ambulāre ( amble ) + -tōrius -tory 1( def )
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Example Sentences

That feeling passed and the child grew into an ambulatory creature whose artifacts Irvin used to print cyanotypes.

A procedure after 16 weeks must be done at a hospital or ambulatory surgical center.

This kind of self-balancing is something that humans do unconsciously and continuously but it must be built and programmed in to an ambulatory robot.

Now, they hope to take more serious cases, including older, less ambulatory people.

“Our algorithm, that the ethicists, infectious disease experts worked on for weeks … clearly didn’t work right,” Tim Morrison, the director of the ambulatory care team, told residents at the event in a video posted online.

The majority of the school-aged students are nonverbal and not fully ambulatory.

The firefighters did not want the ambulatory passengers to chance onto an electrified rail or encounter some other hazard.

Already the clinic will incur extra cost to gain an ambulatory-surgery-facility license.

Piscitelli found out just how bad it had been when he counted the number of ambulatory survivors who came back with the dawn.

If it's dead, it's undead, like the culture at large: ambulatory in the age of Twilight.

This was entered by two arches, which may still be seen leading out of the ambulatory.

Further to the east, as we shall find in due course, may be seen the low vaulted retro-choir or ambulatory of one bay.

The four embryonic post-ambulatory appendages are now at the height of their development.

The full number of joints are not at once reached, but in the ambulatory appendages five only appear at first to be formed.

All the ambulatory feet and the very small left hand fold beneath, leaving only the flat surface of one hand exposed to view.

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