medical center

noun

plural medical centers
Synonyms of medical centernext
: 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
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Three men were dropped off outside the Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Hills-Crenshaw medical center on Monday night. — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026 Intensive treatments, like gene therapies, will still need to be given at academic medical centers, McClellan said. — Gerry Smith, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026 Clairity is available at some medical centers in Massachusetts, Colorado, Florida and Georgia, and this month announced a partnership with nationwide telehealth platform Everlywell. — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 22 Oct. 2026 This leads to rapid muscle weakness, sensory loss, pain, and bladder and bowel dysfunction, according to the Cleveland Clinic medical center. — Rod McGuirk, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026 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

Rhymes for medical center

See All Rhymes for medical center

Browse Nearby Words

medical
medical center
medical examiner
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Medical center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/medical%20center. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

Copy Citation

More from Merriam-Webster on medical center

Thesaurus: All synonyms and antonyms for medical center

Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

Listen to the pronunciation of grotesque

See Definitions and Examples »

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

How to Use 'Who' vs. 'Whom'

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

'Affect' vs. 'Effect'

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

The Longest Long Words List

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World

Why do we 'bury the lede?'

'Za' and 9 Other Words to Help You Win at SCRABBLE
See More

Popular

See More

How to Use 'Who' vs. 'Whom'

The Longest Long Words List

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
different halloween monsters in silhouette
A Monstrous Vocab Quiz Words That Go Bump in the Night
See All