medical center

noun

plural medical centers
Synonyms of medical centernext
: a large health care facility that provides medical and surgical care and is often affiliated with a medical school
an academic medical center

Examples of medical center in a Sentence

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The rule does not apply to hospitals, medical centers or senior care facilities. Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 31 Dec. 2025 The medical center said that Swift’s gift to the AYA Cancer program will help address the needs of patients between the ages of 15-25. Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 30 Dec. 2025 Bardot, originally from Paris, was hospitalized in October due to a serious illness and had to be readmitted shortly afterward for the second time to a medical center in Toulon, a town near her home on the French Riviera. María Munsuri, Glamour, 28 Dec. 2025 The Pitt emerged as one of 2025's surprise hits, sending heart rates soaring with its frenzied, real-time portrait of a particularly gruesome day in a Pittsburgh trauma medical center. Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for medical center

Word History

First Known Use

1917, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of medical center was in 1917

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“Medical center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/medical%20center. Accessed 4 Jan. 2026.

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