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
Four other Tennessee medical centers now offer donation during C-sections, including: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Williamson Medical Center in Franklin, TriStar Summit in Hermitage and TriStar Stonecrest in Smyrna.
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Beth Warren, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Because of our concentration of excellent research universities and academic medical centers, Massachusetts received the highest per capita NIH and NSF funding in the nation in fiscal year 2024.
—Alan M. Leventhal, Boston Herald, 22 June 2025
Among the buildings hit in the Black Sea coastal city were a maternity hospital and an emergency medical center, officials said.
—Jason Volack, ABC News, 10 June 2025
Visits to the ship's medical center can be pricey and lengthy (there’s often just one doctor available at a time for thousands of passengers, and the wait can get long).
—Kelsey Glennon, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2025
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Beth Warren, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Because of our concentration of excellent research universities and academic medical centers, Massachusetts received the highest per capita NIH and NSF funding in the nation in fiscal year 2024.
—Alan M. Leventhal, Boston Herald, 22 June 2025
Among the buildings hit in the Black Sea coastal city were a maternity hospital and an emergency medical center, officials said.
—Jason Volack, ABC News, 10 June 2025
Visits to the ship's medical center can be pricey and lengthy (there’s often just one doctor available at a time for thousands of passengers, and the wait can get long).
—Kelsey Glennon, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for medical center
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He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, prosecutors said.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
14 July 2025
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Fazekas said a police officer and a library maintenance worker, who both helped extinguish the small blaze, were treated for smoke inhalation at a local hospital.—
Carole Carlson,
Chicago Tribune,
14 July 2025
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What's more, some travel insurance companies don’t cover visits to ship infirmaries.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Travel + Leisure,
7 July 2025
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In Phnom Penh’s hot season, when the Cambodian capital’s sweltering, subtropical air routinely soars to 100 degrees, more workers than usual visited the infirmaries inside a factory that made baby clothes for Nike, the world’s largest athletic apparel brand.—
Rob Davis,
ProPublica,
4 Oct. 2024
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“Medical center.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medical%20center. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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