dispensary
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dispensary
- /dɪsˈpɛnsəɹi/ UK
Rhymes with -ɛnsəɹi
noun dispensaries
- An institution that dispenses medical supplies and advice.
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A retail establishment that sells marijuana and related supplies to customers with a prescription to use it for medical purposes.
Similar: dispo
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Synonym of pharmacy, particularly one included in a hospital that does not act as a point of sale.
He watched for a while, pacing the small, slippery cobbles, then made for the deep shade of a stone porch on the other side of the square, where a sheet with a red cross on it had been draped around a pillar. A two-wheeled field dispensary with no driver stood outside the building.
Similar: pharmacy, particularly one included in a hospital that does not act as a point of sale
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: pharmacy, drugstore, clinic, sickbay, infirmary, dispensing, depository, weedery, depot, repository, entrepôt, apotheke, distribution center, station, fix room, dock
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noun place for dispensing
| Español | dispensario |
|---|---|
| Français | dispensaire |
| Deutsch | Arzneimittelausgabe, Medikamentenausgabe, Ausgabestelle für Medikamente, Krankenhausapotheke |
| Italiano | dispensario |
noun office for dispensing drugs
| Español | dispensario |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 藥房 /药房 yàofáng |
| हिन्दी | औषधालय auṣdhālay |
| Deutsch | Apotheke |
noun institution that dispenses medical supplies and advice
| Español | dispensario, expendeduría |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 保健室 hokenshitsu |
| Français | dispensaire |
| Deutsch | Dispensaire |
| Italiano | dispensario |
| Română | dispensar |
| Русский | диспансе́р dispansɛ́r |
Talk about this word "dispensary." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dispensary. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. dispensary. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/dispensary "dispensary." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/dispensary.Cite this
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title = {dispensary},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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