medical center

noun

plural medical centers
: a large health care facility that provides medical and surgical care and is often affiliated with a medical school
an academic medical center

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Eaton Fire explodes to over 10,600 acres Nexstar’s KTLA reported over 100 structures have burned in the Eaton Fire as flames destroyed homes, medical centers, daycares, gyms and more throughout Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning. Matthew Knight, Tony Kurzweil, The Hill, 8 Jan. 2025 Saturday's events started in the morning when Carter's family arrived at a local medical center in Americus, Georgia, with current and former Secret Service agents carrying Carter's casket to the hearse and walking alongside it as the motorcade departed for Plains. Caroline Linton, CBS News, 4 Jan. 2025 He was pronounced dead at the medical center, police said. Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2025 In the height of the Civil Rights Movement, parts of Vanderbilt’s campus had begun to integrate by 1964, but the halls of the medical center remained segregated. Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 31 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for medical center 

Word History

First Known Use

1917, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of medical center was in 1917

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“Medical center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/medical%20center. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

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