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

Examples of medical center in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Both programs have been voluntarily inactivated while the medical center investigates the allegations against Bynon, the hospital told USA TODAY Friday in a statement. Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024 Facing historically low immunization rates and unprecedented increases in vaccine hesitancy after the COVID-19 pandemic, one rural Arizona medical center took an innovative approach: offering vaccines at dental visits. Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 7 Apr. 2024 Ibrahim, 27, spoke via WhatsApp from the medical center. Reuters, NBC News, 6 Mar. 2024 For instance, there is only one female medical center in the BOP and that is located in Carswell, TX. Walter Pavlo, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024 Gangs also attacked another of his medical centers next to the U.S. Embassy in Tabarre. Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2024 In the ensuing days, 15,000 Bay Area residents went to medical centers for respiratory complications. David Folkenflik, NPR, 28 Mar. 2024 Blaire likens the system to that of a trauma alert — a message sent to medical centers to ready a response to near-fatal car wrecks or shootings. Lauren Peace, CNN, 27 Mar. 2024 The diplomatic efforts on Thursday came as the Israeli military’s raid on the largest medical center in Gaza stretched into a fourth day. Thomas Fuller, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024

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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 19 Apr. 2024.

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