Definition of "ambulatory"

ambulatory

/ˈam.bjə.ləˌtoɹ.i/

adjective
comparative more ambulatory, superlative most ambulatory
1. Of, relating to, or adapted to walking.
  Quotations
  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
2. (comparable, medicine) Able to walk about and not bedridden.
3. (medicine) Performed on or involving an ambulatory patient or an outpatient.
  Quotations
  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
4. Accustomed to move from place to place; not stationary; movable.
  Quotations
  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, paragraph 1, page 35
5. (law) Not yet legally fixed or settled; alterable.
noun
plural ambulatories
1. The round walkway encircling the altar in many cathedrals.
2. Any part of a building intended for walking in; a corridor.