ambulatory

¹am·bu·la·to·ry

adjective \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

Examples of AMBULATORY

1. <ambulatory theatrical companies that brought live theater to small towns across America>

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

Related Words

drifting, footloose, meandering, rambling; sauntering, strolling, traipsing, walking; migrant, migratory

Near Antonyms

immobile, nonmoving, settled, standing, static, stationary; motionless, still

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

Other Architecture Terms

buttress, casita, cornice, fanlight, garret, lintel, parapet, pilaster, plinth

am·bu·la·to·ry

adjective \ˈam-byə-lə-ˌtōr-ē, -ˌtȯr-\   (Medical Dictionary)

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-\ (audio pronunciation) adverb