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ambulatory

adjective/ˈæmbjʊlətəri/

B2CEFR level
55/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

Able to walk; relating to care that does not require admission.

She was ambulatory within a day of the operation.

Similar: walking, outpatient

Origin: Latin ambulare 'to walk'.

Topic: Patient care in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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