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单词 emergicentre
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emergicentreemergicentern.

Brit. /ᵻˈməːdʒᵻˌsɛntə/, U.S. /əˈmərdʒəˌsɛn(t)ər/, /iˈmərdʒəˌsɛn(t)ər/
Forms: 1900s– emergi-center (U.S.), 1900s– emergicenter (U.S.), 1900s– emergicentre (British). Also with capital initial(s).
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: emergency n., -i- connective, centre n.1
Etymology: < emerg- (in emergency n.) + -i- connective + centre n.1, after Surgicenter n. Compare slightly later urgicentre n.
U.S.
A clinic, typically situated in an urban commercial centre, offering immediate or emergency outpatient treatment for minor ailments or injuries.
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the world > health and disease > healing > places for the sick or injured > [noun] > clinic > other types of clinic
screening clinic1943
speech clinic1963
emergicentre1981
abortuary1983
urgicentre1983
rehab1984
1981 Hospitals 16 May 76 (heading) Dallas-Fort Worth is a boom area for emergicenters.
1981 U.S. News & World Rep. 17 Aug. 52/2 A new development..is the rise of the ‘emergicenter’... There are more than 250 of these walk-in facilities throughout the U.S., generally located in shopping centers or along highways.
1985 Washington Post 27 May (Washington Business section) 11/2 Hospital emergency room costs for minor injury treatment have skyrocketed in recent years to support the backup facilities needed for major trauma cases, several emergicenter operators said.
1995 Palm Beach (Florida) Post 22 Oct. 65 Other facilities: Walk-in family care and urgent care at St. Lucie West Emergi-Center and Emergi-Center of Jensen Beach. Out-patient surgery at the Stuart Surgery Center.
1999 Business Jrnl. (Portland, Oregon) (Nexis) 30 July 3 The North Portland hospital's closure in 1998 proved to be a business boon to its year-old Emergicenter.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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