surgicenter
[ sur-juh-sen-ter ]
/ ˈsɜr dʒəˌsɛn tər /
noun Surgery.
a surgical facility, not based in a hospital, where minor surgery is performed on an outpatient basis.
Origin of surgicenter
First recorded in 1970–75;
surgi(cal) +
center
Words nearby surgicenter
surgical needle,
surgical pathology,
surgical prosthesis,
surgical spirit,
surgical splint,
surgicenter,
surgut,
surgy,
suribachi,
suricate,
surimi
Medical definitions for surgicenter
surgicenter
[ sûr′jĭ-sĕn′tər ]
n.
A surgical facility for operations that do not require hospitalization.