medical facility

noun

: a place where sick or injured people are given care or treatment (as a hospital, urgent care center, or a clinic)
The injured child was rushed to a medical facility.

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The health department notified the Aurora detention center of the diagnosis and identified both the detention center and the external medical facility where the case was treated as potential exposure locations for the illness, the report said. Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 27 Mar. 2026 The army has denied targeting the medical facility, which is in an area controlled by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Arkansas Online, 26 Mar. 2026 Seven Iraqi soldiers were killed and 13 others injured in an airstrike that struck a medical facility early today in the Habbaniyah area of Anbar province, the country’s Defense Ministry said. Monica Alba, NBC news, 25 Mar. 2026 Any death too many Michael Malaise, a senior vice president of Parkland Health, which runs the jail’s medical facility, said any death is too many but suggested the increase of about three fatalities a year since 2018 is not enough to identify a trend. Dallas Morning News, 19 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for medical facility

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

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