ambulatory (redirected from ambulatories)

am·bu·la·to·ry  (mby-l-tôr, -tr)

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or adapted for walking.

2.

a. Capable of walking; not bedridden: an ambulatory patient.

b. Designed for or available to patients who are not bedridden: ambulatory care; ambulatory pediatrics.

3. Moving about; itinerant.

4. Law That can be changed or revoked, as a will during the life of the testator.

n. pl. am·bu·la·to·ries

A covered place for walking, as in a cloister.

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ambu·la·tori·ly adv.

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ambulatory

Adjective

1. of or relating to walking

2. able to walk

Noun

pl -ries

a place for walking in, such as a cloister

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ambulatory - a covered walkway (as in a cloister); "it has an ambulatory and seven chapels" paseo, walkway, walk - a path set aside for walking; "after the blizzard he shoveled the front walk"
Adj.	1.	ambulatory - relating to or adapted for walking; "an ambulatory corridor"
	2.	ambulatory - able to walk about; "the patient is ambulatory" ambulant mobile - moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place); "a mobile missile system"; "the tongue is...the most mobile articulator"