medical center

as in hospital
a place for the treatment of those who are ill or injured The university medical center just added a new cancer wing.

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Recent Examples of medical center For instance, in one of my company's developments in southern Ontario, a medical center opened and now houses seven general family doctors and surgeons. John Krpan, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025 The scale was impressive: more than fifteen thousand participants enrolled at more than a hundred and forty sites, including élite medical centers in the United States. Siddhartha Mukherjee, New Yorker, 16 June 2025 But the hospital is also significantly more reliant on public funding than any other pediatric medical center in California — a situation that leaves it particularly exposed to the Trump administration. Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2025 In reality, this contract was for the preventative maintenance of important safety devices known as ceiling lifts at VA medical centers, including three sites in Maryland. Brandon Roberts, ProPublica, 6 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for medical center
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Noun
  • Instead, apply a clean dressing over the eye and go to the hospital immediately.
    Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Funding for rural hospitals has been a flashpoint in debates over the bill’s adjustments to provider taxes.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • Jahangir did not break down the casualty figures but said the attack had hit the prison’s infirmary, engineering building, judicial affairs and visitation hall, where visiting family members were killed and injured.
    David Rising, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2025
  • About a year after the infirmary team returned to the United States, the 19th Amendment became law, enfranchising 27 million women, the largest expansion of voting rights in American history.
    Amy Sohn, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2025

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“Medical center.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medical%20center. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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