ambulatory

Etymology

Latin ambulatorius

adj

1. Of, relating to, or adapted to walking.
   ambulatory exercise
   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.
   an ambulatory patient
3. (medicine) Performed on or involving an ambulatory patient or an outpatient.
   an ambulatory electrocardiogram
   ambulatory medical care
4. Accustomed to move from place to place; not stationary; movable.
   an ambulatory court, which exercises its jurisdiction in different places
5. (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.