urgent care

American  

noun

1. medical care and services provided, typically in an urgent care center, to people with urgent but not serious medical problems.

   access to urgent care.

2. urgent care center.

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Etymology

Origin of urgent care

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

The infected person visited a gym in Ladera Ranch on Jan. 23 and an urgent care facility on Jan. 23 and 26.

From Los Angeles Times

She was airlifted north-east to Tenerife in the Canary Islands for urgent care on 16 October and died in the early hours of the next day, lawyers said.

From BBC

Brentwood’s Ethan Hill was so sick before Monday night’s basketball game against Crossroads that he searched for an open urgent care to give him an IV.

From Los Angeles Times

One man with a serious heart condition had not seen a cardiologist and the other needed needed urgent care related to what he feared was prostate cancer.

From Los Angeles Times

“When you go to urgent care, you pay a $75 copay, and they’re like, ‘it’s viral and there’s nothing we can do for you,’” Jespersen said.

From Salon