ambulatory
able to walk; relating to walking or movement
Root
- ambul: walk, move about, or wander
Other words with the ambul root
- amble: to walk at an easy pace
- ambulance: vehicle that carries sick or injured people
- ambulate: to walk or move from place to place
- circumambulate: to walk around something
- perambulate: to walk through or around
- preamble: an introductory statement
- somnambulate: to walk while asleep
Ambul gives walk. Ambulatory means able to walk or related to walking movement.
The clinic treated only ambulatory patients who could leave the same day.
Ambulatory often appears in medical contexts. The patient is not just alive or awake; they can move on foot. The walk image stays central.