dispensary
noun/dɪˈspensəri/
/dɪˈspensəri/
(plural dispensaries)
- a place in a hospital, shop, etc. where medicines are prepared for patientsTopics Healthcarec2
- (old-fashioned) a place where patients are treated, especially one run by a charity
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from medieval Latin dispensarium, neuter (used as a noun) of dispensarius, from Latin dispensare ‘continue to weigh out or disburse’, from the verb dispendere, based on pendere ‘weigh’.
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