medical centers

plural of medical center
as in hospitals
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 centers That's why she's partnered with Baker's team and other Bay Area hospitals, hospices and medical centers through The Holding Co. Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 20 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 Cruise ship medical centers are designed to evaluate passengers quickly, and following isolation recommendations helps protect everyone else on board. Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2026 Hospital reconstruction in Cuba The second phase would focus more on rebuilding hospitals and medical centers on the island, which are in a deplorable state. Sarah Moreno july 1, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026 Health systems across the Bay Area are racing to rebuild, retrofit or replace aging hospitals before a 2030 state deadline that requires medical centers not just to survive a major earthquake, but to keep treating patients after one. Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 28 June 2026 Cable locks, which disable firearms when they’re not being used, can be found in the emergency rooms of Cook Children’s Fort Worth and Prosper medical centers at no charge to community members. Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 June 2026 The startups reinventing healthcare may emerge near world-class medical centers and research universities spread across the country. Steve Case, Fortune, 24 June 2026 The next step, the authors wrote, is to test the approach in larger forward-looking studies across multiple medical centers. Dr. Joshua Anthony, ABC News, 20 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for medical centers
Noun
  • Horrific news stories about hospitals making choices about who received treatment began to shape her story.
    Felicia Feaster, AJC.com, 27 July 2026
  • Coover’s campaign focuses primarily on agriculture, the economy and sustaining rural hospitals.
    Freddrell Green, Kansas City Star, 27 July 2026
Noun
  • What's more, some travel insurance companies don’t cover visits to ship infirmaries.
    Kelsey Glennon, Travel + Leisure, 18 May 2026
  • 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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“Medical centers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medical%20centers. Accessed 30 Jul. 2026.

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