Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
/ˌwɔːltə riːd ˌnæʃnəl ˌmɪlətri ˈmedɪkl sentə(r)/
/ˌwɔːltər riːd ˌnæʃnəl ˌmɪləteri ˈmedɪkl sentər/
- a large hospital and medical centre near Washington, DC, that provides medical care for members of the US armed forces and their families. The US President often goes there for medical checks. The Center, which also does research, opened as an army hospital in 1909 and is named after Major Walter Reed (1851-1902), a US Army doctor who discovered that mosquitoes carry the tropical disease yellow fever.
沃尔特·里德国家军事医学中心：位于华盛顿特区附近的大型医院和医疗中心，为美国武装部队及其家人提供医疗服务。美国总统经常去那里进行身体检查。该中心还进行研究，于1909年在军队医院开业，并以美国陆军少校沃尔特·里德（1851-1902）的名字命名，后者发现蚊子携带热带病黄热病。