urgent care center

noun

a clinic outside of a hospital that provides medical care and services to people with urgent but not serious medical problems: urgent care centers as alternatives to emergency rooms.Abbreviation: UCC

Origin of urgent care center

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First recorded in 1965–70

Also called urgent care clinic, ur·gi·cen·ter [ur-juh-sen-ter] /ˈɜr dʒəˌsɛn tər/ .

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How to use urgent care center in a sentence

The New York attorney general’s office did point to a case against an urgent care center that purchased fake reviews, but there was no indication that individual doctors were involved.
Fake patient reviews are making it increasingly hard to seek medical help on Google, Yelp and other directory sites | Laura Sydell | June 4, 2021 | Washington Post

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