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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

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And Perry’s system happens to be one of the largest in the country as a $16 billion system with 33 hospitals—ranging from academic to rural, community medical centers. Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025 The report added that the president also received a flu and a COVID-19 booster vaccine at the medical center. Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 1 Dec. 2025 The Oxford Center is among the alternative medical centers or health spas that, in recent years, have offered hyperbaric oxygen therapy for conditions that it is not proven to benefit. Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com, 1 Dec. 2025 Robert Dear, 67, died of natural causes at a medical center for federal prisoners in Springfield, Missouri, Saturday, the agency told The Associated Press. Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 26 Nov. 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 6 Dec. 2025.

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