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medical center

noun

Definition of 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 In 2025, medical centers reported a surge in cases with COVID-like symptoms between early August and throughout September, coinciding with students’ return to school. — Hali Smith, Idaho Statesman, 19 Aug. 2026 The man was treated at a medical center for both injuries and has since been released. — Jesse Sarles, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026 The powerful temblor also destroyed more than 100 public facilities, including schools, medical centers and churches. — Yacob Herin, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026 The tech campus was established even prior to the 1974 opening of Kaiser’s huge medical center near Cottle Road and Highway 85. — George Avalos, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for medical center

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These counties have no hospitals or birth centers providing obstetric care, and no obstetric clinician.

— Kayley Corley, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2026
That has changed quietly, with robots now performing important roles in operating rooms, hospital wards, rehabilitation centers, and corridors around the world.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026

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Polly had spent years moving between workhouses and infirmaries, sometimes returning to her father’s house.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 Aug. 2026
Meanwhile, people at Hamilton mostly wanted to talk about the $55 million infirmary renovation.

— Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026

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