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
The 67-year-old Hall of Fame linebacker was rushed to a New Jersey medical center last week.
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Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2026
The Cleveland Clinic, an academic medical center, recommends on its website that people seek immediate medical treatment when their blood oxygen level falls below that.
—Nichole Manna, ProPublica, 28 Apr. 2026
These technologies will likely first be available at only the top medical centers in the country, which traditionally have the research funding and the cadre of skilled scientists and clinicians needed to develop new diagnostic methods and treatments.
—Gary Skuse, The Conversation, 28 Apr. 2026
The spokesperson referred questions about Chungag’s employment status to the medical center, which didn’t immediately respond to an email seeking comment.
—ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
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Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2026
The Cleveland Clinic, an academic medical center, recommends on its website that people seek immediate medical treatment when their blood oxygen level falls below that.
—Nichole Manna, ProPublica, 28 Apr. 2026
These technologies will likely first be available at only the top medical centers in the country, which traditionally have the research funding and the cadre of skilled scientists and clinicians needed to develop new diagnostic methods and treatments.
—Gary Skuse, The Conversation, 28 Apr. 2026
The spokesperson referred questions about Chungag’s employment status to the medical center, which didn’t immediately respond to an email seeking comment.
—ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for medical center
Noun
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The family and foundation of Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi say the human rights activist has been denied proper treatment and has not gotten better since being transferred from prison to a hospital.—
Mitchell McCluskey,
CNN Money,
2 May 2026
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He was later taken in an ambulance by first responders to a local hospital for treatment.—
Claire Murphy,
Chicago Tribune,
2 May 2026
Noun
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Those beds sat empty for 15 months, while the most ill people on Rikers lay in a garage converted into an infirmary.—
Jonathan Lippman,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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The report shows that upon his arrival, jailers placed him in the infirmary to monitor a dog bite wound that doctors at University of Florida Health Flagler Hospital had treated shortly after he was arrested.—
Nichole Manna,
ProPublica,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Medical center.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medical%20center. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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