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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary am·bu·la·to·ry
DATE 1598 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
noun (plural -ries) DATE circa 1616 : a sheltered place (as in a cloister or church) for walking English Etymology ambulatory "pertaining to walking;" also "shifting, not permanent," 1620s, from L. ambulatorius "of or pertaining to a walker, movable," from ambulator, from ambulatum, pp. of ambulare (see amble). Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ambulatory am·bu·la·tory / 5AmbjElEtEri; NAmE -tC:ri / adjective1. (formal) related to or adapted for walking (适用于)步行的: an ambulatory corridor 回廊 2. (formal) that is not fixed in six place and can move around easily 非固定的；可移动的；流动的 SYN mobile :
an ambulatory care service 流动护理服务 3. (medical 医) = ambulant Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged am·bu·la·to·ry I. \ˈambyələˌtōrē, ˈaam-, -ȯr-, -ri\ adjective Etymology: Latin ambulatorius, from ambulatus (past participle of ambulare to walk) + -orius -ory — more at amble 1. a. : of or relating to walking < ambulatory exercise > b. : capable of, adapted to, or occurring while walking < an ambulatory animal > < an ambulatory confession > 2. a. : moving from place to place : itinerant , peripatetic < an ambulatory teacher > b. : having no fixed headquarters < an ambulatory business > 3. : not yet fixed legally or settled past alteration : alterable < a will is ambulatory until the testator's death > 4. a. : able to walk about : not bedfast : ambulant < the ambulatory clinic patient > b. : of, for, or involving an individual who is able to walk about < ambulatory treatment of tuberculosis > II. noun (-es) Etymology: Medieval Latin ambulatorium, from Latin, neuter of ambulatorius 1. : a sheltered place to walk in: as a. : the gallery portion of a cloister b. : the apse aisle of a church c. : a passageway in some churches in back of the altar and behind the chancel used as an uninterrupted processional path 2. : an appendage used for or adapted to walking (as a tube foot or one of the segmental abdominal appendages of a crustacean) |
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