Meaning

6 senses
  1. Of, relating to, or adapted to walking.

    ambulatory exercise

    ходя́чийxodjáčij

    relating to or adapted for walking

  2. (comparable)Able to walk about and not bedridden.

    an ambulatory patient

    able to walk about

  3. Performed on or involving an outpatient.

    an ambulatory electrocardiogram

    ambulatory medical care

    ambulant

    амбулато́рныйambulatórnyj

    амбулато́рнийambulatórnyj

  4. Relating to ambulances.

    ambulatory fleet

  5. Accustomed to move from place to place; not stationary; movable.

    an ambulatory court, which exercises its jurisdiction in different places

  6. Not yet legally fixed or settled; alterable.

    The dispositions of a will are ambulatory until the death of the testator.

Examples

2 sentences
  1. I need you to take me to the ambulatory surgery center on Monday.

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  2. The government said it would open two downtown streets to informal vendors on weekends and also start licensing ambulatory vendors.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
performed on or involving an ambulatory patient or an outpatient:
Русский
By meaning 2
of, relating to, or adapted to walking:
performed on or involving an ambulatory patient or an outpatient:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
performed on or involving an ambulatory patient or an outpatient:

Origin

From Latin ambulatorius. By surface analysis, ambulate + -ory, or, by surface analysis, am

From Latin ambulatorius. By surface analysis, ambulate + -ory, or, by surface analysis, ambulator + -y.

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Forms

more ambulatory, most ambulatory
Comparativemore ambulatory Lesson
Superlativemost ambulatory Lesson

regular

Synonyms

11 synonyms

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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