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Vellore

American  
[vuh-lawr, -lohr] / vəˈlɔr, -ˈloʊr /

noun

  1. a city in N Tamil Nadu state in S India, on the Palar River.


Vellore British  
/ vəˈlɔː /

noun

  1. a town in SE India, in NE Tamil Nadu: medical centre. Pop: 177 413 (2001)

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Ravikar Ralph, a physician at the Christian Medical College in Vellore, India, says that snakebite patients often travel from a remote area to their closest medical center for treatment.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 23, 2023

Dr. Gagandeep Kang, who studies viruses at the Christian Medical College of Vellore in India, agreed, saying there wasn’t anything particularly worrisome in the data so far.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2023

Dr. Gurdasani said that as a student, she got one of seven spots to study medicine at Christian Medical College in Vellore, India, for which thousands of students competed.

From New York Times ● Jun. 3, 2022

On a morning in early April in Vellore, CMC vaccine researcher Gagandeep Kang walked downstairs from her office on the main campus to the hospital’s COVID-19 vaccination clinic for her second dose.

From Science Magazine ● May 19, 2021

Under cover of the fire, Riza Sahib had raised the siege, and retired with his army to Vellore.

From With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

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