1. A physician's office, especially the office of one who dispenses medicines. 2. The office of a hospital pharmacist, where medicines are given out on physicians' orders. 3. An outpatient department of a hospital. [L. dis-penso, pp. -atus, to distribute by weight, fr. penso, to weigh]
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dis·pen·sa·ry dis-'pen(t)s-(ə-)rē n, pl -ries a place where medicine or medical or dental treatment is dispensed
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n.
a place where medicines are made up by a pharmacist according to the doctor's prescription and dispensed to patients. A dispensary is often part of an out-patient department in a hospital.
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dis·pen·sa·ry (dis-penґsə-re) [L. dispensarium, from dispensare to dispense] 1. a place where medical or dental skill, treatment, and remedies are provided for the indigent ambulant sick at little or no cost to them. 2. any place where drugs and medicines are actually dispensed.Medical dictionary. 2011.