medical center

noun

plural medical centers

: 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

The typical diverticulitis patient at a tertiary medical center in a poor area will require more support than a diverticulitis patient at a community hospital in an affluent area. — Leah Pierson, STAT, 6 Oct. 2026

The rest includes medical center revenue, contracts and grants, and other auxiliary enterprises. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2026

The medical center, which built AI work into job responsibilities, performance reviews, and promotions, has 141. — Bilin Lin, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026

Thursday, when officers were notified that a teenage male had walked into a medical center with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. — Bryan Lynn, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1917, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for medical center

• experimenter
• centre
• enter
• renter
• stentor
• dissenter
• frequenter
• indenter
• inventor
• precentor
• preventer
• tormentor