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 first is coverage of day-to-day preventive care that includes medications to manage a chronic condition or quick visits to urgent care.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

This service, used for nonemergency primary and urgent care, remains the largest part of its business.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

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 • Feb. 2, 2026

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 • Feb. 1, 2026

“It was urgent care, not the ER,” Paige said.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly