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

Examples of medical center in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web This framework would provide resources to allow every provider to operate its own review process, rather than consolidating these reviews with a handful of big tech companies and academic medical centers. Julie Yoo, STAT, 17 June 2024 The high-end chain of medical centers is taking a proactive approach to health care. Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 15 June 2024 The medical center’s residency program is joining other unionized residency programs across the country, including those at the UCLA Medical Center, University of Michigan Health System and Boston University Medical Center. Angela Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 14 June 2024 The consultants also called UConn one of the nation’s smallest academic medical centers. Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 8 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for medical center 

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Word History

First Known Use

1917, in the meaning defined above

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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 2 Jul. 2024.

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