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Definition of "dispensary" []

  • 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. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "dispensary" in a sentence
  • "The main drug dispensary is a highly automated industrial plant."
  • "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."
  • "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)."