Definition of "ambulatory" in англійська

adjective

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 outpatient.

   • an ambulatory electrocardiogram
   • ambulatory medical care

4. (medicine) Relating to ambulances.

   • ambulatory fleet

5. Accustomed to move from place to place; not stationary; movable.

   • an ambulatory court, which exercises its jurisdiction in different places

6. (law) Not yet legally fixed or settled; alterable.

   • The dispositions of a will are ambulatory until the death of the testator.

noun

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

2. Any part of a building intended for walking in; a corridor.