medical facility

noun

: a place where sick or injured people are given care or treatment (as a hospital, urgent care center, or a clinic)
The injured child was rushed to a medical facility.

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Olivas also was taken to an outside medical facility for treatment of his injuries. — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026 The surgery will take place Tuesday afternoon at the Agostino Gemelli University Policlinic hospital in northwest Rome, a private medical facility that has a long association with the Vatican. — Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026 The second phase would have included a 200-room hotel and 100,000 square feet of office space for a medical facility. — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2026 Assume a medical facility has 30,000 employees and requires everyone to be vaccinated. — Cassandra Thiel, STAT, 8 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for medical facility

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“Medical facility.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/medical%20facility. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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