urgicenter

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noun

A medical facility, not part of a hospital, where emergency treatment can be given.

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Meanings

nounurgicenter (plural urgicenters)

plural urgicenters

  1. USA medical facility, not part of a hospital, where emergency treatment can be given.

    Jonathan and Cathy took their daughter Millie to a West Side urgicenter.

    1986 September 8, New York Magazine, volume 19, number 35, page 36

Origin

From urgent + center. Compare surgicenter, emergicenter.

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APA

urgicenter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/urgicenter

MLA

“urgicenter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/urgicenter. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “urgicenter,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/urgicenter.

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