dispensary

[dih-spen-suh-ree] /dɪˈspɛn sə ri/
noun, plural dispensaries.
1.
a place where something is dispensed, especially medicines.
2.
a charitable or public facility where medicines are furnished and free or inexpensive medical advice is available.
Origin
1690-1700; < Medieval Latin dispēnsāria storeroom, equivalent to Latin dispēns(āre) to dispense + -āria -ary
Examples from the web for dispensary
  • Patients leave the dispensary with bags, rather than bottles, full of pills.
  • He founded a hospital and dispensary for the treatment of hopeless spine and hip diseases.
  • He prescribes a medicine which must be gotten at a dispensary some distance away.
  • Members of the dispensary were either registered patients or registered primary caregivers.
  • The location of the dispensary and the cultivation site needs to be in compliance with local zoning restrictions.
  • She anticipates it will take between two and three months for a dispensary to be open to patients.
British Dictionary definitions for dispensary

dispensary

/dɪˈspɛnsərɪ; -srɪ/
noun (pl) -ries
1.
a place where medicine and medical supplies are dispensed
Word Origin and History for dispensary
n.

"place for weighing out medicines," 1690s, from Medieval Latin dispensarius "one who dispenses," from Latin dispensare (see dispense).

dispensary in Medicine

dispensary dis·pen·sa·ry (dĭ-spěn'sə-rē)
n.

  1. An office in a hospital or other institution from which medical supplies and medicines are dispensed.

  2. A public institution that dispenses medicines or medical aid.

  3. An outpatient department of a hospital.