MEDICAL CENTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does medical center mean? 

• MEDICAL CENTER (noun)
  The noun MEDICAL CENTER has 1 sense:

1. the part of a city where medical facilities are centered

  Familiarity information: MEDICAL CENTER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEDICAL CENTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The part of a city where medical facilities are centered

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("medical center" is a kind of...):

center; centre; eye; heart; middle (an area that is approximately central within some larger region)

Holonyms ("medical center" is a part of...):

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

 Context examples 

End-of-life care which will be administered in a medical center.

(Hospice Care at Medical Facility, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

The patient vacated the medical center or ceased medical care contrary to the recommendation of a trained healthcare provider.

(Left Against Medical Advice, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The patient will receive end-of-life care which will be administered in a medical center.

(Hospice Care at Medical Facility, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

ACCC Institution/Group Practice members include more than 650 medical centers, hospitals, oncology practices, cancer programs, state oncology societies, physician groups, medical and radiation oncologists, and others associated with cancer care across the US.

(Association of Community Cancer Centers, NCI Thesaurus)

Network of medical centers that will evaluate promising treatments for children with brain malignancies.

(Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium, NCI Thesaurus)

A medical center that provides care 24 hours per day.

(Intermediate Care Facility, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

The patient will be admitted into a medical center that provides care 24 hours per day.

(Intermediate Care Facility, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The patient will be admitted into a Medicare funded medical center for a considerable length of time.

(Medicare Certified Long Term Care Hospital, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A medical center which is eligible to receive funding from Medicaid but not Medicare.

(Nursing Facility Certified Under Medicaid but Not Certified Under Medicare, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

NCCTG consists of a network of more than 1,000 cancer specialists at community clinics, hospitals and medical centers in 25 states in US, two Canadian provinces and Mexico.

(North Central Cancer Treatment Group, NCI Thesaurus)