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
Northwestern Memorial needs more ICU beds partly because, as an academic medical center, Northwestern takes many especially ill, complex patients, Thomas McAfee, president of the hospital, told the board Tuesday.
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Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
With this launch, the award-winning academic quality and expertise of UConn Health, the state’s only academic medical center, can now be shared more broadly.
—Radenka Maric, Hartford Courant, 9 Mar. 2026
Multiple staff members at the medical center said that the boy and his mom had just left the Brookdale Urgent Care Center, located on the other side of Rockaway Parkway from the main hospital, moments before he was struck.
—Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2026
Tickets are now on sale for the event that will bring together celebrities and skilled cutting horse trainers to raise funds for the medical center.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Mar. 2026
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Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
With this launch, the award-winning academic quality and expertise of UConn Health, the state’s only academic medical center, can now be shared more broadly.
—Radenka Maric, Hartford Courant, 9 Mar. 2026
Multiple staff members at the medical center said that the boy and his mom had just left the Brookdale Urgent Care Center, located on the other side of Rockaway Parkway from the main hospital, moments before he was struck.
—Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2026
Tickets are now on sale for the event that will bring together celebrities and skilled cutting horse trainers to raise funds for the medical center.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for medical center
Noun
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Deputies began life-saving measures and she was taken to a nearby hospital in an ambulance.—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
15 Mar. 2026
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From the hospital, the women went to a police station to file a report.—
SYDNEY PAGE THE WASHINGTON POST,
Arkansas Online,
15 Mar. 2026
Noun
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He was euthanized after 11 days in the zoo infirmary.—
Susanne Rust
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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The group stayed in the bar until they were ushered out by police and Bhakta was taken to the field infirmary, then to Dell-Seton Medical Center.—
Emiliano Tahui Gómez,
Austin American Statesman,
1 Mar. 2026
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