urgent care center

American  

noun

1. a clinic outside of a hospital that provides medical care and services to people with urgent but not serious medical problems: UCC

   urgent care centers as alternatives to emergency rooms.

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Etymology

Origin of urgent care center

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

He and his family drove to the nearest urgent care center and Wilson later had to be transported to a larger hospital in Des Moines, a journey that he recorded on Instagram.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2024

If your headache is not responding to treatments at home, or is becoming more intense, you may want to go to an urgent care center or emergency department, he added.

From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2023

The organization has already expanded the St. Michael campus, home health care and pharmacy services, and it plans to open the state’s first hybrid emergency room and urgent care center.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 6, 2023

When Eastman got a call last February that her daughter had hurt her arm at school, her first thought was to take Maia, 13, to an urgent care center.

From Salon • Jan. 15, 2023

“This urgent care center is what the community asked for.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 7, 2022