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| the inner of the two bones of the leg, that extend from the knee to the ankle; the shinbone |
| the outer, nonvascular, nonsensitive layer of the skin, covering the true skin or corium. |
1615–25; < Latin ambulātōrius, equivalent to ambulā-, stem of ambulāre (see amble) + -tōrius tory1
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- These convulsive jolts occur as the dozen or so ambulatory slabs that make up the surface grind past one another.
- He was delirious for days, trying to get up when he was not ambulatory or even able to support himself sitting up.
- Most of the surgery is done in hospital outpatient departments or ambulatory surgical centers.
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ambulatory
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ambulatory am·bu·la·to·ry (ām'byə-lə-tôr'ē)
adj.
Of, relating to, or adapted for walking.
Capable of walking; not bedridden.
Moving about.
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ambulatory
in architecture, continuation of the aisled spaces on either side of the nave (central part of the church) around the apse (semicircular projection at the east end of the church) or chancel (east end of the church where the main altar stands) to form a continuous processional way. The ambulatory often provided improved sites for the numerous altars for saints, which formerly were located along a crowded corridor behind the high altar; the altars are reached through circular arches piercing the curved outer wall of the ambulatory.
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