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ambulatory

[am-byuh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] / ˈæm bjə ləˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /


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A major opportunity for the company is to expand its ambulatory infusion sites network that allows it to serve more patients with fewer clinical resources compared with its traditional home visits.

From Barron's ● May 1, 2026

Singapore market should stabilize by 2H, supported by the ramp-up of ambulatory care centers, medical tourism growth, and the expansion of Mount Elizabeth hospital, he adds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

The Western Trust said many patients can be treated in its ambulatory surgical patient unit the same day or the next day, with about 2.5 patients being transferred to Derry a day for surgery.

From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2026

Clinics must have admitting privileges at a hospital within 15 miles and comply with state licensure rules and the rules governing ambulatory surgical centers.

From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2025

This Ptolemaic Egypt is an exquisite corpse, a dead polity that is somehow still ambulatory, only waiting for a stake to be put through its heart by the legions of Augustus.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

They created ambulatories, zones of walking, like the one McLaughlin has made between the ring of columns and the outer wall.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 27, 2013

The star-flooded nights, the dew-soaked dawns, the hushed ambulatories, the enforced asceticism—never has Werner felt part of something so single-minded.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Finally, for the convenience of processions, the nave and chancel aisles were carried round behind the high altar as ambulatories.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various

The cloister at St Albans seems to have been deficient in ambulatories till the abbacy of Robert of Gorham, 1151-1166, when the eastern walk was erected.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various

They were entered from either side through the open ambulatories which as we have seen were free to all.

From Rome by Hope Malleson




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