ambulatory

Meanings

Adjective

• Of, relating to, or adapted to walking
• Able to walk about and not bedridden.
• Performed on or involving an ambulatory patient or an outpatient.
• Accustomed to move from place to place; not stationary; movable.
• Not yet legally fixed or settled; alterable.

Noun

• The round walkway encircling the altar in many cathedrals.
• Any part of a building intended for walking in; a corridor.

Origin

• Latin ambulatorius