urgent care
noun
1
: medical care provided for illnesses or injuries which require prompt attention but are typically not of such seriousness as to require the services of an emergency room
… they have turned to one of the fastest-growing segments of American health care: urgent care, a common category of walk-in clinics with uncommon interest from Wall Street.—
Julie Creswell
—often used before another nounJulie CreswellIf your leg or arm is sore and swollen, go to an urgent care center; if you have chest pain, shortness of breath or you're coughing up blood, get to an emergency room.—Rick Nathanson
Rick NathansonThe athlete sustains an inversion or eversion ankle injury and is evaluated at a local emergency room or urgent care facility.—James S. Keene
James S. Keene2
: medical care of an urgent nature
Strokes now are the focus of a broad new public-awareness campaign labeling them as "brain attacks," needing the same urgent care as heart attacks.—Marilyn Chase
Marilyn ChaseExamples of urgent care in a Sentence
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Novant is opening a behavioral health urgent care space for adolescents at the hospital.
—Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 5 Apr. 2025
She was then told to take an enema and visit an urgent care, according to the complaint.
—Jennifer Rodriguez, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2025
Many elsewhere do not offer any emergency aid, meaning American Indians and Alaska Native must travel to the nearest hospital when in need of urgent care.
—Solcyré Burga, TIME, 21 Mar. 2025
The new health campus will feature approximately 100 hospital beds as well as outpatient clinics in specialties such as heart care, orthopedics, women’s health, pediatrics, general internal medicine, and urgent care.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 5 Apr. 2025
She was then told to take an enema and visit an urgent care, according to the complaint.
—Jennifer Rodriguez, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2025
Many elsewhere do not offer any emergency aid, meaning American Indians and Alaska Native must travel to the nearest hospital when in need of urgent care.
—Solcyré Burga, TIME, 21 Mar. 2025
The new health campus will feature approximately 100 hospital beds as well as outpatient clinics in specialties such as heart care, orthopedics, women’s health, pediatrics, general internal medicine, and urgent care.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for urgent care
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“Urgent care.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/urgent%20care. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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