AMBULATORY

I. adjective Date: 1598 of, relating to, or adapted to walking, moving from place to place ; itinerant , capable of being altered , 4. able to walk about and not bedridden , performed on or involving an ~ patient or an outpatient , ambulatorily adverb II. noun (plural -ries) Date: circa 1616 a sheltered place (as in a cloister or church) for walking