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urgent care

urgent care noun: a walk-in medical facility that provides treatment on a customer basis, typically focusing less serious complaints than would be treated at a hospital.

Noun

urgent care (plural urgent cares)

  1. (countable) A walk-in medical facility that provides treatment on a customer basis, typically focusing less serious complaints than would be treated at a hospital.
  2. (uncountable) The type of treatment offered at such facilities.

Forms of urgent care

pluralurgent cares

Questions about urgent care

What does urgent care mean?
Urgent care means a walk-in medical facility that provides treatment on a customer basis, typically focusing less serious complaints than would be treated at a hospital.
What part of speech is urgent care?
Urgent care is a noun.
What is the plural of urgent care?
The plural of urgent care is urgent cares.

Words near urgent care in the dictionary

  1. urgence
  2. Urgench
  3. urgencies
  4. urgency
  5. urgent
  6. urgent care
  7. urgentless
  8. urgently
  9. urgentness
  10. urger
  11. urgers

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