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Definition of Dispensary
1. Noun. Clinic where medicine and medical supplies are dispensed.
Definition of Dispensary
1. n. A place where medicines are prepared and dispensed; esp., a place where the poor can obtain medical advice and medicines gratuitously or at a nominal price.
Definition of Dispensary
1. Noun. A place or room where something is dispensed. ¹
2. Noun. A room specifically designed for the dispensing of drugs; a pharmacy. ¹
3. Noun. An institution that dispenses medical supplies and advice. ¹
4. Noun. A place where medical cannabis is sold (marijuana or cannabis dispensary) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dispensary
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Medical Definition of Dispensary
1. Origin: Cf. F. Dispensaire. 1. A place where medicines are prepared and dispensed; especially, a place where the poor can obtain medical advice and medicines gratuitously or at a nominal price. 2. A dispensatory. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dispensary
Literary usage of Dispensary
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1911)
"Proceedings by the Carolina Glass Company before the State dispensary Commission
to establish a claim against the state. From a judgment of the commission, ..."
2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1903)
"Keith,, P., delivered the opinion of the court: The legislature, at the extra
session in 1901, passed an act entitled "An Act to Establish a dispensary for ..."
3. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1895)
"The court first decided that the dispensary Law was a law not to raise ...
The second decision was that the purpose of the dispensary Law was to raise ..."
4. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1916)
"By an •mending act of 1900 the board then existing was abolished; a board of
directors of the state dispensary was created, with pow-K er to prescribe rules ..."
5. Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law by Lawrence Henry Chamberlain (1912)
"THE dispensary MOVEMENT IN THE SOUTH true after a period of lax prohibitory ...
But the revenue feature was not sufficient to retain the dispensary. ..."
6. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1907)
"(4) That the existing district nursing organizations in New York City deal with
an entirely different class of patients from those that ask for dispensary ..."
7. History of Philadelphia, 1609-1884 by John Thomas Scharf, Thompson Westcott (1884)
"Diseases; James Sheets, MD, WR Hoch, MD, assistant physicians to the dispensary
for Diseases of the Throat. The Home for Consumptives, designed for the ..."
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