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medical center

noun

Definition of medical center

as in hospital

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 center 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 The center has 85,055 square feet of retail space and houses a community medical center, a Great Wall of China restaurant and a Gentlemen’s Quarters barbershop. — Luisa Yanez, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026 Its largest medical center, Al-Shifa Hospital, was besieged, bombed, and raided, under false pretexts, resulting in hundreds of deaths inside. — Literary Hub, 13 Oct. 2026 Michael and Susan Dell, whose fortune comes from his computer hardware company, gave the University of Texas at Austin $750 million for its medical center. — Genevieve Shaker, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for medical center

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Three people died at the scene and a fourth man later died in hospital, regional military administration head Oleksandr Hanzha reported, while over a dozen people were injured.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
The vehicle arrived at a hospital, where Kohen was pronounced dead, and another individual was critically injured, according to authorities.

— Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2026

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He was brought to the prison infirmary, where numerous guards surrounded, punched, kicked, choked, dropped and manhandled him.

— Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 19 Sep. 2026
After one encounter with jail staff, Phillip was taken to the infirmary with a bloody white bag over his head and one eye swollen shut.

— Jim DeFede, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026

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