a place in a hospital, shop, etc. where medicines are prepared for patients Topics Medicinec2(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
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from medieval Latin dispensarium, neuter (used as a noun) of dispensarius, from Latin dispensare ‘continue to weigh out or disburse’, from the verb dispendere, based on pendere ‘weigh’.