Ambulatory

Quick meaning: Ambulatory is an adjective meaning Of, relating to, or adapted to walking.

Meaning

Of, relating to, or adapted to walking.

More Meanings

1. (comparable, medicine) Able to walk about and not bedridden.
2. (medicine) Performed on or involving an outpatient.
3. (medicine) Relating to ambulances.
4. Accustomed to move from place to place; not stationary; movable.
5. (law) Not yet legally fixed or settled; alterable.
6. The semicircular walkway behind the altar and apse in many cathedrals.
7. Any part of a building intended for walking in; a corridor.

Example Sentences

ambulatory fleet

ambulatory exercise

an ambulatory patient

ambulatory medical care

Word Forms

• ambulatories

Synonyms for ambulatory

Depending on context, synonyms include astir, mobile, kinetic, motile, motive, movable.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ambulant, mobile, mobility, walk-in, out-patient, ambulance.

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