MEDICAL CENTERS Synonyms: 14 Similar Words

medical centers

noun

plural of medical center

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 The next step, the authors wrote, is to test the approach in larger forward-looking studies across multiple medical centers. — Dr. Joshua Anthony, ABC News, 20 June 2026 The startups reinventing healthcare may emerge near world-class medical centers and research universities spread across the country. — Steve Case, Fortune, 24 June 2026 Hospital reconstruction in Cuba The second phase would focus more on rebuilding hospitals and medical centers on the island, which are in a deplorable state. — Sarah Moreno july 1, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026 Through their foundation, the couple have donated at least $2 million to the medical centers that once employed them, funding early cancer detection and breast cancer technology, among other projects. — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 28 June 2026 Cable locks, which disable firearms when they’re not being used, can be found in the emergency rooms of Cook Children’s Fort Worth and Prosper medical centers at no charge to community members. — Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 June 2026 According to the report, strikes have damaged 50 hospitals or medical centers and 108 schools or educational facilities. — N. Kirkpatrick, Washington Post, 20 June 2026 These positions are concentrated in urban academic medical centers, reflecting historical patterns rather than current population needs. — Jocelyn Mitchell-Williams, STAT, 19 June 2026 Health systems across the Bay Area are racing to rebuild, retrofit or replace aging hospitals before a 2030 state deadline that requires medical centers not just to survive a major earthquake, but to keep treating patients after one. — Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 28 June 2026

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The government is somewhere in the middle – approving emergency AC units for hospitals while trying not to be seen as abandoning France’s insulation-first approach to heat.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
The victims were treated at hospitals and later listed in stable condition, police said.

— Jason Green, Mercury News, 7 July 2026

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