surgicenter

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noun

A medical facility where surgical procedures not requiring an overnight hospital stay are performed.

OriginEnglish center ← Middle English center ← Middle French centre →
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Meanings

nounsurgicenter (plural surgicenters)

plural surgicenters

  1. A medical facility where surgical procedures not requiring an overnight hospital stay are performed.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰes-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰésōr
  3. Proto-Hellenic*kʰéhər
  4. Ancient Greekχείρ (kheír)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*werǵ-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*worǵós
  7. Proto-Hellenic*worgós
  8. Ancient Greekχειρουργός (kheirourgós)
  9. Ancient Greekχειρουργῐκός (kheirourgĭkós)
  10. Late Latinchīrurgicus
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  13. Medieval Latincirurgicālis
  14. Middle Frenchcirurgica
  15. Middle Englishcirurgical
  16. Englishsurgical
  17. Proto-Indo-European*ḱen-?
  18. Proto-Indo-European*ḱéntrom
  19. Proto-Hellenic*kéntron
  20. Ancient Greekκέντρον (kéntron)
  21. Latincentrum
  22. Middle Frenchcentre
  23. Middle Englishcenter
  24. Englishcenter
  25. Englishsurgicenter

Blend of surgical + center.

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APA

surgicenter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surgicenter

MLA

“surgicenter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surgicenter. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “surgicenter,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surgicenter.

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