medical center
noun
plural medical centers
: a large health care facility that provides medical and surgical care and is often affiliated with a medical school
an academic medical center
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Another study, which looked at both female and male sterilization in academic medical centers across the country, also reported an uptick in sterilization procedures for young adults ages 18 to 30 after the Dobbs decision, through 2023.
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Carol S. Weisman, The Conversation, 23 June 2025
Aurora police officers responded to the Kaiser Permanente medical center just before 10:30 a.m. Monday, when staff reported that a 3-year-old boy was being treated for a gunshot wound, police spokesperson Matthew Longshore said in an email to The Denver Post.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 16 June 2025
Other individuals present at the medical center between 5:11 p.m. and 9:45 p.m., when the patient was present, may have been exposed.
—Rebecca-Ann Jattan, Sacbee.com, 16 June 2025
The cuts included over a dozen employees of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ regional office and medical center in Boise, employees of the U.S. Forest Service in Idaho and Americorps members at a Boise-area eviction- and homelessness-prevention nonprofit.
—Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 14 June 2025
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Carol S. Weisman, The Conversation, 23 June 2025
Aurora police officers responded to the Kaiser Permanente medical center just before 10:30 a.m. Monday, when staff reported that a 3-year-old boy was being treated for a gunshot wound, police spokesperson Matthew Longshore said in an email to The Denver Post.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 16 June 2025
Other individuals present at the medical center between 5:11 p.m. and 9:45 p.m., when the patient was present, may have been exposed.
—Rebecca-Ann Jattan, Sacbee.com, 16 June 2025
The cuts included over a dozen employees of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ regional office and medical center in Boise, employees of the U.S. Forest Service in Idaho and Americorps members at a Boise-area eviction- and homelessness-prevention nonprofit.
—Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 14 June 2025
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“Medical center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/medical%20center. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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