Surgicentern.
/ˈsəːdʒɪˌsɛntə/ U.S.
The proprietary name for a surgical unit where minor operations are performed on out-patients.
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1969 Ford & Reed in Arizona Medicine Oct. 801/2 The building to house the Surgicenter is under construction at 1040 East McDowell Road, Phoenix.
1969 Ford & Reed in Arizona Medicine Oct. 804/2 The Surgicenter..is designed to provide quality surgical care to the patient whose operation is too demanding for the doctor's office, yet not of such proportion as to require hospitalization.
1971 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 15 June tm183 Surgicenter, Inc., Phoenix, Ariz... Surgicenter. For providing facilities for doctors to perform surgical operations on patients... First use Feb. 12, 1970.
1973 Americana Ann. 450 A trend toward development of more outpatient or ambulatory care services by hospitals was also evident in 1972. A noteworthy development was the emergence of ‘surgicenters’ where minor surgery can be performed on an out-patient basis.
1977 Washington Post 7 Nov. c7/4 The new facility will have 16 operation rooms, plus two ‘surgicenters’ for patients needing minor surgery that does not require hospitalization.
1981 National Jrnl. (U.S. Govt. Research Corp.) 20 June 1113/1 Surgicenters and other new services and programs that will be cultivated in a pro-competitive environment.
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