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
Courtesy of Kassidy Hooter A local medical center offered three months of financial aid that will carry her through her due date in February and into late March.
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Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
Patrollers administered aid to the 39-year-old woman and transported her to a medical center, CBS News and The Summit Daily reported.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
Federal appeals court judges on Monday upheld a lower court’s ruling preventing the National Institutes of Health from cutting billions of dollars in support for research overhead at universities, academic medical centers, and other grantee institutions.
—Jonathan Wosen, STAT, 5 Jan. 2026
The rule does not apply to hospitals, medical centers or senior care facilities.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 31 Dec. 2025
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Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
Patrollers administered aid to the 39-year-old woman and transported her to a medical center, CBS News and The Summit Daily reported.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
Federal appeals court judges on Monday upheld a lower court’s ruling preventing the National Institutes of Health from cutting billions of dollars in support for research overhead at universities, academic medical centers, and other grantee institutions.
—Jonathan Wosen, STAT, 5 Jan. 2026
The rule does not apply to hospitals, medical centers or senior care facilities.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 31 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for medical center
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Following the violent altercation, the victim learned he had been stabbed, and was promptly treated for his injuries at a local hospital and later released.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
14 Jan. 2026
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That limitation becomes critical as robots move into real-world settings such as kitchens, hospitals, and homes.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Jan. 2026
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Nor are they provided with their own sets of keys to access infirmaries, clinics, housing units and psych wards.—
Mary Buser,
New York Daily News,
12 Jan. 2026
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Fred Singleton passed away Monday at the Kirkland Correctional Institution’s infirmary, the South Carolina Department of Corrections announced on Friday.—
Greg Norman,
FOXNews.com,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Medical center.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medical%20center. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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