This is the 5714th most frequent Portuguese word.
ambulatório
Outpatient clinic.
Here, 'ambulatório' refers to a specific outpatient clinic facility within a hospital.
O ambulatório do hospital atende pacientes ambulatoriais diariamente.
The hospital outpatient clinic attends to ambulatory patients daily.
In this sentence, 'ambulatório' is used to denote a community-based outpatient health center.
Ela participa de um projeto de saúde no ambulatório comunitário.
She participates in a health project in the community outpatient clinic.
The term 'ambulatório' here generalizes the concept of outpatient services provided at a clinic-like environment.