Ambulant vs. Ambulatory

Ambulantadjective

Able to walk.

Ambulantadjective

Designed for use by somebody with a disability that impairs, but does not prevent, walking.

Ambulantnoun

A patient who is able to walk.

Ambulantadjective

Walking; moving from place to place.

Ambulantadjective

able to walk about;

Ambulatoryadjective

Of, relating to, or adapted to walking

Ambulatoryadjective

Able to walk about and not bedridden.

Ambulatoryadjective

(medicine) Performed on or involving an ambulatory patient or an outpatient.

Ambulatoryadjective

Accustomed to move from place to place; not stationary; movable.

Ambulatoryadjective

(legal) Not yet legally fixed or settled; alterable.

Ambulatorynoun

The round walkway encircling the altar in many cathedrals.

Ambulatorynoun

Any part of a building intended for walking in; a corridor.

Ambulatoryadjective

Of or pertaining to walking; having the faculty of walking; formed or fitted for walking; as, an ambulatory animal.

Ambulatoryadjective

Accustomed to move from place to place; not stationary; movable; as, an ambulatory court, which exercises its jurisdiction in different places.

Ambulatoryadjective

Pertaining to a walk.

Ambulatoryadjective

Not yet fixed legally, or settled past alteration; alterable; as, the dispositions of a will are ambulatory until the death of the testator.

Ambulatorynoun

A place to walk in, whether in the open air, as the gallery of a cloister, or within a building.

Ambulatoryadjective

able to walk about;

Ambulatory

The ambulatory (Latin: ambulatorium, ‘walking place’) is the covered passage around a cloister or the processional way around the east end of a cathedral or large church and behind the high altar. The first ambulatory was in France in the 11th century but by the 13th century ambulatories had been introduced in England and many English cathedrals were extended to provide an ambulatory.The same feature is often found in Indian architecture and Buddhist architecture generally, especially in older periods.