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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But the possibility of leaving northeast Lake County — Beach Park, North Chicago, Park City, Wadsworth, Waukegan, Winthrop Harbor, and Zion — without a close-in medical center is too unnerving to consider.
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Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
Grady Health System announced on Wednesday plans to build a medical center campus in Union City, a complex that addresses a hospital desert that has existed for years in south Fulton County.
—Savannah Sicurella, AJC.com, 18 Mar. 2026
In the Bay Area, workers planned to form picket lines at Kaiser’s medical centers in Oakland, Santa Rosa and Santa Clara on Wednesday.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026
Patients with life-threatening traumas are being diverted to other area hospitals, including Jersey City and Hoboken medical centers.
—John Dias, CBS News, 14 Mar. 2026
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Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
Grady Health System announced on Wednesday plans to build a medical center campus in Union City, a complex that addresses a hospital desert that has existed for years in south Fulton County.
—Savannah Sicurella, AJC.com, 18 Mar. 2026
In the Bay Area, workers planned to form picket lines at Kaiser’s medical centers in Oakland, Santa Rosa and Santa Clara on Wednesday.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026
Patients with life-threatening traumas are being diverted to other area hospitals, including Jersey City and Hoboken medical centers.
—John Dias, CBS News, 14 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for medical center
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“Medical center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/medical%20center. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.
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