ambulatory

ambulatory

 [am´bu-lah-to″re]

1. walking or able to walk; not confined to bed.

2. of a condition or procedure, not requiring admission to a hospital for an overnight stay.

am·bu·la·to·ry

, ambulant (am'byū-lă-tōr'ē, am'bū-lant),

Walking about or able to walk about; denoting a patient who is not confined to bed or hospital as a result of disease or surgery.

[L. ambulans, walking]

ambulatory

/am·bu·la·to·ry/ (am´bu-lah-tor″e)

1. walking or able to walk; not confined to bed.

2. of a condition or a procedure, not requiring admission to a hospital.

ambulatory

(ăm′byə-lə-tôr′ē)

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 Relating to that which can be changed or revoked, as a will during the life of the testator.

n. pl. ambulato·ries

1. An aisle around the back side of the chancel in a cathedral or other large church.

2. A covered place for walking, as in a cloister.

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am′bu·la·to′ri·ly adv.

ambulatory

[am′byələtôr′ē]

Etymology: L, ambulare, to walk about

1 able to walk.

2 pertaining to a patient who is not confined to bed.

3 pertaining to a health service for people who are not hospitalized.

ambulatory

(1) Ambulant.
(2) Not stationary.

ambulatory

1. Ambulant.

2. Not stationary. See Ambulatory care, Ambulatory surgery.

am·bu·la·to·ry

, ambulant (am'byū-lă-tōr-ē, am'byū-lănt)

Walking about or being able to walk about; denoting a patient who is not confined to bed or hospital as a result of disease or surgery.

[L. ambulans, walking]

ambulatory

1. Pertaining to walking.

2. Capable of walking and not bedridden.

ambulant, ambulatory

walking or able to walk.