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
Patients with life-threatening traumas are being diverted to other area hospitals, including Jersey City and Hoboken medical centers.
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John Dias, CBS News, 14 Mar. 2026
Patients who need specialized prostate cancer surgery often travel to larger medical centers such as London or Madrid.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Academic medical centers are creating sentinel surveillance networks to replace the CDC databases going dark.
—Robert B. Shpiner, STAT, 13 Mar. 2026
Scores are based on eight areas of the ship, including galleys and dining rooms, medical centers, housekeeping, potable water systems, heating systems, and pest management.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 10 Mar. 2026
Proceeds from the Immaculate Reception Weekend will benefit the Fisher House Foundation, which builds comfort homes at military and VA medical centers.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 3 Mar. 2026
Air ambulances are frequently used in India to transport critically ill patients from smaller cities to major medical centers.
—ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
Cleveland Clinic, which has a hospital in Weston and medical centers in other parts of Broward, could leave Florida Blue’s network by early March if its own contract negotiations with the insurer fall through.
—Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2026
Hospitals and medical centers can be far flung, making even routine visits to doctors' offices a challenge.
—Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 9 Feb. 2026
John Dias, CBS News, 14 Mar. 2026
Patients who need specialized prostate cancer surgery often travel to larger medical centers such as London or Madrid.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Academic medical centers are creating sentinel surveillance networks to replace the CDC databases going dark.
—Robert B. Shpiner, STAT, 13 Mar. 2026
Scores are based on eight areas of the ship, including galleys and dining rooms, medical centers, housekeeping, potable water systems, heating systems, and pest management.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 10 Mar. 2026
Proceeds from the Immaculate Reception Weekend will benefit the Fisher House Foundation, which builds comfort homes at military and VA medical centers.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 3 Mar. 2026
Air ambulances are frequently used in India to transport critically ill patients from smaller cities to major medical centers.
—ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
Cleveland Clinic, which has a hospital in Weston and medical centers in other parts of Broward, could leave Florida Blue’s network by early March if its own contract negotiations with the insurer fall through.
—Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2026
Hospitals and medical centers can be far flung, making even routine visits to doctors' offices a challenge.
—Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 9 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for medical centers
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Syria’s healthcare infrastructure has been severely damaged during its long-running civil war, while Lebanon’s hospitals have struggled with economic collapse and refugee pressures.—
Claire Carter,
The Washington Examiner,
15 Mar. 2026
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Intermountain Health operates 33 hospitals (including a virtual facility) and more than 400 medical clinics in Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Colorado, Montana, Wyoming.—
Logan Smith,
CBS News,
15 Mar. 2026
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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 21 Mar. 2026.
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