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dispensary

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Drugs, medicines, Hospital
di·spen·sa·ry /dɪˈspensəri/ noun (plural dispensaries) [countable]  MDa place where medicines are prepared and given out, especially in a hospital 〔尤指医院的〕配药处,药房 pharmacy
Examples from the Corpus
dispensaryIt runs five hospitals and 27 dispensaries with a total of 2,500 beds.It was not long before several families from Titagarh began making weekly visits to the mobile dispensary.At first they assisted with the mobile dispensaries.Other Volunteers carried out projects in hospitals or rural dispensaries.One small, elegant granite-faced structure, formerly the headquarters of a respected brokerage, had been turned into a soda dispensary.Through the glass partition they would see the pharmacologist busy in the dispensary.Board President Mike Nevin supports the use of medical marijuana but goes even further than backing its distribution through dispensaries.
di·spen·sa·ry nounChineseSyllable
especially medicines given and prepared out, where place a are Corpus


dispensary
dispensary /dɪˈspensəri/ noun (plural dispensaries) [countable]
a place where medicines are prepared and given out, especially in a hospital
pharmacy


dis·pens·aryBrE /dɪˈspensəri/ 🔊NAmE /dɪˈspensəri/ 🔊 noun (
plural
dis·pens·aries
)
a place in a hospital, shop/store, etc. where medicines are prepared for patients (医院、商店等的)药房,配药处(old-fashioned) a place where patients are treated, especially one run by a charity (尤指慈善机构的)医务室,诊所