Ambulatory Meaning
/ˈam.bjə.ləˌtoɹ.i/Definition, CEFR level C2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjOf, relating to, or adapted to walking.
adjAble to walk about and not bedridden.
Sentence Examples
I need you to take me to the ambulatory surgery center on Monday.
ambulatory exercise
CEFR Practice Quiz
After the surgery, the patient was stable and became ____ within hours.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
After the successful surgery, the patient was slowly becoming ____ again.
Word Origin & History
From Latin ambulatorius. By surface analysis, ambulate + -ory, or, by surface analysis, ambulator + -y.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The princess of whom his majesty […]had an ambulatory view in his travels."
— 1642, Henry Wotton, A Short View of the Life and Death of George Villiers:
"Those who left the sanatoria received ambulatory care that included regular doctor's care, visits to specialists and dietary supplements."
— 2007 June 1, Leslie Feinberg, “Cuba brought science, not scapegoating, to AIDS care”, in Workers World:
"Just a week after vetoing a ban on gender-affirming care for minors, Gov. Mike DeWine of Ohio issued an executive order on Friday banning gender-transition surgeries for anyone under 18 at state hospitals or ambulatory clinics."
— 2024 January 5, Amy Harmon, “Ohio Governor Orders Restrictions on Transgender Care After Vetoing Ban”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 08 Apr 2024:
"As ſoon as God began to conſtitute a Church and fix the Prieſthood, which before was very ambulatory, and diſpenſed into all families, but ever officiated by the Major domo, God gives the power and deſigns the perſon."
— 1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, “Section VI”, in Clerus Domini: or, A Discourse of the Divine Institution, Necessity, Sacrednesse, and Separation of the Office Ministerial. […], London: […] R[ichard] Royston […], published 1655, →OCLC, paragraph 1, page 35:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After the surgery, the patient was stable and became ____ within hours.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
After the successful surgery, the patient was slowly becoming ____ again.