ambulate

Thân thiện

The patient can ambulate with a walker in the hospital corridor.

Definition

Verb: - To walk about or move from place to place on foot. Specifically, it often implies the ability to walk, especially in contrast to being confined to a bed or being immobile.

Usage

This is a formal or medical term. It is used to describe the act of walking, particularly to note that someone is mobile and not bedridden. It is less common in everyday conversation than the simple verb "walk."

Examples

• After the surgery, the patient was encouraged to ambulate in the hallway to aid recovery.
• The physical therapist's goal is to help the elderly residents ambulate safely.
• Despite his age, he remains strong enough to ambulate without assistance.

Advanced Usage

• Medical Context: The term is frequently used in healthcare settings (hospitals, rehabilitation centers) to document or encourage a patient's mobility.
  • The doctor's orders state the patient may ambulate with a walker.
• Formal/Literary Context: It can appear in formal writing or literature to convey walking in a more precise or technical manner.
  • The figures could be seen to ambulate slowly across the darkened landscape.

Variants and Related Words

• Ambulation (noun): The act, ability, or instance of walking.
  • Early ambulation after an operation is often recommended.
• Ambulatory (adjective):
  • Relating to or adapted for walking.
  • (Medical) Able to walk about; not confined to bed.
  • (Legal) Capable of being altered or revoked (e.g., an ambulatory will).

    • The clinic serves ambulatory patients.
    • The building features beautiful ambulatory corridors.

Synonyms

• Walk
• Perambulate (a very formal synonym)
• Move about

Antonyms

• Be bedridden
• Be immobile
• Be confined

Học thuật

Verb

1. walk about; not be bedridden or incapable of walking