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Surrounding a doctor with one part of a hospital (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ambient

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'surrounding' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'a doctor with one part of a hospital' is the wordplay.
'doctor' becomes 'MB' (Bachelor of Medicine, Medicinae Baccalaureus).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'one' becomes 'I' (Roman numeral).
'part of a hospital' becomes 'ent' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'a'+'mb'+'i'+'ent'='AMBIENT'

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(Other definitions for ambient that I've seen before include "Surrounding or encompassing, say temperature" , "sort of music" , "Relating to the immediate environment" , "relaxing type of music?" , "Of music, say, played at low volume to create atmosphere" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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