Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An office in a hospital, school, or other institution from which medical supplies, preparations, and treatments are dispensed.
- noun A public institution that dispenses medicines or medical aid.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A room or shop in which medicines are dispensed or served out: as, a hospital dispensary.
- noun A public institution, primarily intended for the poor, where medical advice is given and medicines are furnished free, or sometimes for a small charge to those who can afford it.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A place where medicines are prepared and dispensed; esp., a place where the poor can obtain medical advice and medicines gratuitously or at a nominal price.
- noun A dispensatory.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A place or room where something is
dispensed . - noun A room specifically designed for the
dispensing ofdrugs ; apharmacy . - noun An institution that
dispenses medical supplies andadvice . - noun A place where medical
cannabis is sold (marijuana or cannabis dispensary)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun clinic where medicine and medical supplies are dispensed
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Examples
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The main drug dispensary is a highly automated industrial plant.
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We took a great trip to a Maternal and Child Health Dispensary today: a dispensary is like an outpatient health clinic that serves a handful of the local villages.
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It made it clear that the health education session at the dispensary is not detailed enough (it is really just an introductory session on the absolute basics for women who have never been there before).
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We took a great trip to a Maternal and Child Health Dispensary today: a dispensary is like an outpatient health clinic that serves a handful of the local villages.
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It made it clear that the health education session at the dispensary is not detailed enough (it is really just an introductory session on the absolute basics for women who have never been there before).
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