Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A surgical facility for operations that do not require hospitalization.

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  • noun A medical facility where surgical procedures not requiring an overnight hospital stay are performed.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[surgi(cal) + center.]

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surgical or surgery and center

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Examples

  • Remember that even if your surgery is performed in an office or surgicenter, your surgeon should have hospital privileges to perform that procedure.

    You: On a Diet Michael F. Roizen 2009

  • Remember that even if your surgery is performed in an office or surgicenter, your surgeon should have hospital privileges to perform that procedure.

    You: On a Diet Michael F. Roizen 2009

  • Remember that even if your surgery is performed in an office or surgicenter, your surgeon should have hospital privileges to perform that procedure.

    You: On a Diet Michael F. Roizen 2009

  • Dr Commons is a director of the free standing surgicenter operates with DRs Kaplan, Kim, and Laub.

    Blogpulse Top Links 2010

  • Dant said KishHealth officials believe the money required to update the surgicenter could be better spent on other projects.

    News 2009

  • "Because of its increasing age, the second-floor surgicenter was going to require infrastructure investments at substantial cost to maintain the strict surgical standards long-term," opthamologist Thomas Tilton, who has been practicing at Hauser-Ross for 14 years, said in a written statement.

    News 2009

  • Dant said KishHealth officials believe the money required to update the surgicenter could be better spent on other projects.

    News 2009

  • "Because of its increasing age, the second-floor surgicenter was going to require infrastructure investments at substantial cost to maintain the strict surgical standards long-term," opthamologist Thomas Tilton, who has been practicing at Hauser-Ross for 14 years, said in a written statement.

    News 2009

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