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1ambulatory
adjective am·bu·la·to·ry \ˈam-byə-lə-ˌtȯr-ē\
Definition of AMBULATORY
1
: of, relating to, or adapted to walking; also : occurring during a walk
2
: moving from place to place : itinerant
3
: capable of being altered <a will is ambulatory until the testator's death>
4
a : able to walk about and not bedridden <ambulatory patients> b : performed on or involving an ambulatory patient or an outpatient <ambulatory medical care> <an ambulatory electrocardiogram>
— am·bu·la·to·ri·ly \ˌam-byə-lə-ˈtȯr-ə-lē\ adverb
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First Known Use of AMBULATORY
1598
Related to AMBULATORY
- Synonyms
- ambulant, itinerant, errant, fugitive, gallivanting (also galavanting), nomad, nomadic, perambulatory, peregrine, peripatetic, ranging, roaming, roving, vagabond, vagrant, wandering, wayfaring
Rhymes with AMBULATORY
accusatory, admonitory, adulatory, a fortiori, aleatory, amendatory, applicatory, approbatory, celebratory, circulatory, combinatory, commendatory, compensatory, conciliatory, condemnatory, confirmatory, confiscatory, conservatory, consolatory, contributory, copulatory, cosignatory, declamatory, declaratory, dedicatory, defamatory, denigratory, depilatory, depository, derogatory, designatory, dispensatory, divinatory, escalatory, excitatory, exclamatory, exculpatory, excusatory, exhibitory, exhortatory, expiatory, expiratory, explanatory, explicatory, exploratory, expository, expurgatory, incubatory, indicatory, inflammatory, informatory, innovatory, inspiratory, inundatory, invitatory, judicatory, masticatory, masturbatory, memento mori, millefiori, obfuscatory, obligatory, observatory, performatory, persecutory, predicatory, premonitory, prohibitory, reformatory, regulatory, repository, retributory, revelatory, respiratory, salutatory, stipulatory, supplicatory, transmigratory, undulatory
2ambulatory
noun
plural ambulatories
Definition of AMBULATORY
: a sheltered place (as in a cloister or church) for walking
First Known Use of AMBULATORY
circa 1616
Medical Dictionary
ambulatory
adjective am·bu·la·to·ry \ˈam-byə-lə-ˌtōr-ē, -ˌtȯr-\
Medical Definition of AMBULATORY
1
: of, relating to, or adapted to walking <ambulatory exercise>
2
a : able to walk about and not bedridden <an ambulatory patient> b : performed on or involving an ambulatory patient or an outpatient <an ambulatory electrocardiogram> <ambulatory medical care>
—am·bu·la·to·ri·ly \ˌam-byə-lə-ˈtōr-ə-lē, -ˈtȯr-\ adverb
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