medical center

Definition of medical centernext
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 The medical center, which built AI work into job responsibilities, performance reviews, and promotions, has 141. — Bilin Lin, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026 Thursday, when officers were notified that a teenage male had walked into a medical center with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. — Bryan Lynn, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2026 The Miami Herald was told by people at the medical center that there were dozens of law-enforcement officers swarming the area from several agencies, including Miami Beach police. — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026 One lap later, Leclerc crashed out dramatically at Monza’s final corner, causing the race to be suspended and leaving him in need of a precautionary check up at the track’s medical center. — Luke Smith, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for medical center
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Noun
  • Amata positions its facilities as industrial cities that include not just factories, but also living facilities like housing, schools, hospitals and shopping malls.
    — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2026
  • No one is saying what caused Journey drummer Deen Castronovo to have been assisted off stage after two songs and admitted to a Tulsa hospital Thursday night.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • He was brought to the prison infirmary, where numerous guards surrounded, punched, kicked, choked, dropped and manhandled him.
    — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 19 Sep. 2026
  • After one encounter with jail staff, Phillip was taken to the infirmary with a bloody white bag over his head and one eye swollen shut.
    — Jim DeFede, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026

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“Medical center.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medical%20center. Accessed 13 Oct. 2026.

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