ambulatory
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byə adjective
1.
of, pertaining 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, ambulant. Medicine/Medical.
a.
not confined to bed; able or strong enough to walk: an ambulatory patient.
b.
serving patients who are able to walk: an ambulatory care center.
5.
Law. not fixed; alterable or revocable: ambulatory will.
noun
6.
Also called deambulatory. Architecture.
a.
an aisle surrounding the end of the choir or chancel of a church.
b.
the covered walk of a cloister.
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Origin:
1615–25; < Latin ambulātōrius, equivalent to ambulā-, stem of ambulāre (see amble) + -tōrius tory1
1615–25; < Latin ambulātōrius, equivalent to ambulā-, stem of ambulāre (see amble) + -tōrius tory1
Related forms
am·bu·la·to·ri·ly, adverb
non·am·bu·la·to·ry, adjective, noun, plural non·am·bu·la·ties.
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ambulatory (ˈæmbjʊlətərɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | of, relating to, or designed for walking |
| 2. | changing position; not fixed |
| 3. | Also: ambulant able to walk |
| 4. | law (esp of a will) capable of being altered or revoked |
| —n , -ries | |
| 5. | architect |
| a. an aisle running around the east end of a church, esp one that passes behind the sanctuary | |
| b. a place for walking, such as an aisle or a cloister | |
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Word Origin & History
ambulatory
"pertaining to walking;" also "shifting, not permanent," 1620s, from L. ambulatorius "of or pertaining to a walker, movable," from ambulator, from ambulatum, pp. of ambulare (see amble).
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
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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Example sentences
Next was local education, followed by ambulatory health care, then insurance.
He was delirious for days, trying to get up when he was not ambulatory or even able to support himself sitting up.
These convulsive jolts occur as the dozen or so ambulatory slabs that make up the surface grind past one another.
Intensive breeding for rapid growth is responsible for their ambulatory problems.
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