urgent care

noun

: medical care provided for illnesses or injuries which require prompt attention but are typically not of such seriousness as to require the services of an emergency room

… they have turned to one of the fastest-growing segments of American health care: urgent care, a common category of walk-in clinics with uncommon interest from Wall Street.—

Julie Creswell

—often used before another noun

If your leg or arm is sore and swollen, go to an urgent care center; if you have chest pain, shortness of breath or you're coughing up blood, get to an emergency room.—

Rick Nathanson

The athlete sustains an inversion or eversion ankle injury and is evaluated at a local emergency room or urgent care facility.—

James S. Keene

: medical care of an urgent nature

Strokes now are the focus of a broad new public-awareness campaign labeling them as "brain attacks," needing the same urgent care as heart attacks.—

Marilyn Chase

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Dispatch told them that a man had arrived at an urgent care clinic on Cline Avenue with a gunshot wound, Banasiak said. —

Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025 The network of local animal hospitals specializes in primary, special, emergency and urgent care. —

Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 2 Jan. 2025 Zoom in: The tower will integrate MGH's cancer services, with consultations, labs and imaging, surgical spaces, urgent care, inpatient care and the ICU all under one roof. —

Mike Deehan, Axios, 11 Dec. 2024 If no appointments are available, an urgent care center or a health clinic located in some pharmacies might be another option. —

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