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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 Clairity is available at some medical centers in Massachusetts, Colorado, Florida and Georgia, and this month announced a partnership with nationwide telehealth platform Everlywell. — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 22 Oct. 2026 This leads to rapid muscle weakness, sensory loss, pain, and bladder and bowel dysfunction, according to the Cleveland Clinic medical center. — Rod McGuirk, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026 Once first responders arrived, the little boy was flown to the nearest hospital and then transported to another medical center in critical condition, the outlet reported. — Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2026 The center has 85,055 square feet of retail space and houses a community medical center, a Great Wall of China restaurant and a Gentlemen’s Quarters barbershop. — Luisa Yanez, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for medical center

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David Monico, local event director for the half-marathon, said none of the 15 people who were taken to the hospital from the race’s medical tent were seriously injured.

— James Queally Follow, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2026
An Israeli strike on Sunday killed two Palestinians, a man and woman, in Muwasi, a tent camp area on Gaza's coast, said health officials at Nasser hospital.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Nov. 2026

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When Rafael Rodríguez Rapún (Miguel Bernardeau), a Republican freedom fighter with piercing eyes and a lower abdominal wound, is wheeled into the infirmary, Sebastián is assigned to watch over him and extract information.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2026
For instance, Bell once figured out the route a patient had taken walking to the infirmary by identifying the type of clay on the patient’s boots—an incident Doyle used in The Sign of the Four.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 26 Oct. 2026

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