ambulatory
/ˈæmbjələtɔri/
adjective
- Able to walk around; not confined to a bed.
- The clinic treats only ambulatory patients who do not need to stay overnight.
- After the surgery, the patient was ambulatory and could move around the hospital room.
- My grandmother is still ambulatory at 85 and enjoys walking in the park every morning.
- Relating to or designed for patients who are able to walk; outpatient.
- Ambulatory services have reduced the need for overnight hospital stays.
- The hospital opened a new ambulatory care center for minor procedures.
- She visited the ambulatory clinic for a routine check-up.
- Moving from place to place; not fixed or stationary.
- The circus was an ambulatory troupe that traveled across the country.
- The festival featured an ambulatory market that set up in a new location each week.
- In medieval times, ambulatory courts would travel to hear cases in different towns.
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noun
- A covered walkway or passage, especially in a church or monastery.
- The monks walked silently along the ambulatory of the cloister.
- The cathedral's ambulatory is lined with beautiful stained-glass windows.
- Tourists admired the ancient ambulatory that connected the chapel to the main hall.