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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 However, the medical center did not dispute that the swap occurred. — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 23 July 2026 Lindsey would subsequently spend more than 12 hours receiving treatment in the cruise ship's medical center, according to Ford. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 21 July 2026 Nearly six decades ago, UC San Diego accepted the challenge of helping build an academic medical center through its partnership with the County of San Diego at the former county hospital in Hillcrest. — Pradeep Khosla, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 July 2026 McFadyen has since been promoted to president and CEO of Trinity Health, West Region — a role that includes oversight of the Saint Alphonsus medical centers in Boise and Nampa. — Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 16 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for medical center

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Horrific news stories about hospitals making choices about who received treatment began to shape her story.

— Felicia Feaster, AJC.com, 27 July 2026
The other patients -- a male child, a 23-year-old man and a 39-year-old woman -- are in stable condition, according to the hospital.

— Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 27 July 2026

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Meanwhile, people at Hamilton mostly wanted to talk about the $55 million infirmary renovation.

— Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
John Anthony Cole, 49, is the prisoner in the video, and the incident occurred in the Adult Detention Center infirmary, Miller said.

— Penny Weaver, Arkansas Online, 15 June 2026

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