(US) a clinic, often in a shopping mall, offering immediate outpatient treatment for minor ailments and injuries.
(US) a clinic, often in a shopping mall, offering immediate outpatient treatment for minor ailments and injuries.
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(Canada, slang, medicine) The emergency department of a hospital.
(North America, Philippines, healthcare) A department of a hospital where seriously ill or injured patients, often with life-threatening conditions that require urgent or immediate treatment, are brought in, usually by ambulance.
(chiefly, British, NZ) The department of a hospital that deals with injuries and medical emergencies.
American medical slang for a small, standalone urgent-care clinic — the kind of walk-in facility that has proliferated in strip malls and high-street locations across the US, offering quick medical consultations without an appointment. The 'box' refers to the boxy, prefab or retail-unit feel of many such clinics, and the tone is affectionate but slightly dismissive, suggesting a place for minor ailments rather than serious care. As urgent care has boomed, doc-in-a-box has become a widely recognised shorthand.