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ambulatorium, n. Med.|ˌæmbjʊləˈtɔːrɪəm|
Pl. -ia.
[Prob. f. ambulatory a. 5 + -orium, usu. after Russ. ambulatóriya. Cf. med.L. ambulatorium (see ambulatory n.).]
A place for the treatment of ambulant patients; an out-patients' department; a dispensary. Used chiefly in relation to Russia or the former Soviet Union.
1904Appleton's Med. Dict. 101 Ambulatorium, a dispensary. 1937H. E. Sigerist Socialised Med. in Soviet Union v. 289 In the Soviet Union medical service is given to the working population through health centres. These centres have various names. They are called dispensaries, polyclinics, ambulatoria, preventoria or prophylactoria. 1984Brit. Med. Jrnl. 28 Apr. 1289/1 If the situation is unsatisfactory at the ‘ambulatoria’ of area doctors there are also many defects in the polyclinics. |