dispensary
Other forms: dispensaries
A dispensary is the room or area in a hospital where medicine is prepared and given out to patients.
You can use the term dispensary when you talk about the office within a hospital — or occasionally other places, like schools — from which prescriptions can be distributed. A dispensary is often run by a pharmacist, doctor, or nurse, who is authorized to dispense — or hand out — medicine. The root is the Latin word dispensarius, "one who dispenses," from dispensare, "disburse, administer, or distribute by weight."
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clinic where medicine and medical supplies are dispensedtype of:clinica healthcare facility for outpatient care
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