ambulatory

English

Etymology

ambulate +‎ -ory

Pronunciation

am-by-l-tOr-E

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• Hyphenation: am‧bu‧la‧to‧ry

Adjective

ambulatory (comparative more ambulatory, superlative most ambulatory)

1. Of, relating to, or adapted to walking

   ambulatory exercise

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

   an ambulatory patient

3. (medicine) Performed on or involving an ambulatory patient or an outpatient.

   an ambulatory electrocardiogram

   ambulatory medical care

Translations

Of, relating to, or adapted to walking

Bulgarian: ходещ, странстващ, за ходене Czech: ambulantní (cs)

Greek: περιπατητικός (el) (peripatitikós) m.

Performed on or involving an ambulatory patient or an outpatient

Bulgarian: амбулаторен Czech: ambulantní (cs)

Greek: περιπατητικός (el) (peripatitikós) m.

Noun

ambulatory (plural ambulatories)

1. The round walkway encircling the altar in many cathedrals.

Translations

round walkway encircling the altar

French: déambulatoire (fr) Hungarian: szentélykörüljáró (hu)

Italian: deambulatorio (it) m., ambulacro (it) m.

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Dutch: ambulant, ambulante