ANCILLARY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ancillary mean? 

• ANCILLARY (adjective)
  The adjective ANCILLARY has 1 sense:

1. furnishing added support

  Familiarity information: ANCILLARY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANCILLARY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Furnishing added support

Synonyms:

accessory; adjunct; adjuvant; ancillary; appurtenant; auxiliary

Context example:

The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other

Similar:

supportive (furnishing support or assistance)

 Context examples 

Nuclear and cellular atypia, and loss of architecture should be considered as ancillary criteria for defining malignancy.

(Malignant Tumors of the Mouse Pulmonary System, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

In addition to funding from the NCI, which the NSABP has received since it began, the NSABP also receives support from other sources for ancillary studies, training, and educational programs.

(National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project, NCI Thesaurus)

An automated, on-line medical record containing clinical and demographic information about a patient that is available to providers, ancillary service departments, pharmacies, and others involved in patient treatment or care.

(Electronic medical record, NCI Thesaurus)

State laws, as well as the nation's antitrust laws, may allow Doctors of Chiropractic to utilize ancillary health care procedures commonly referred to as being in the common domain.

(Doctor of Chiropractic, NCI Thesaurus)

Supportive care and essential ancillary medications required by a treatment regimen should be clearly identified.

(Concomitant Agent, NCI Thesaurus)

A coded value specifying the type of ancillary entity or event to the primary entity or event.

(Companion Code, NCI Thesaurus)