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emergicenter

American

[ih-mur-juh-sen-ter] / ɪˈmɜr dʒəˌsɛn tər /

noun

a walk-in facility for treatment of minor medical emergencies.

Etymology

Origin of emergicenter

First recorded in 1980–85; emerg(ency) + -i- + center

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