Definition
A place where medicines and medical supplies are given out or sold, often run by a pharmacist or medical professional.
Etymology
From Latin 'dispensare' (to distribute or weigh out) combined with the suffix '-ary' (a place for). The word evolved in the 1600s to describe medical facilities that dispensed remedies to patients.
Kelly Says
Dispensaries were revolutionary in the 1700s-1800s because they made medicine accessible to poor people for the first time—before that, only the wealthy could afford individual doctors and apothecaries.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
የህክምና Apotheke
ye-hick-mna a-po-tek-eh
ARالعربية
صيدلية
say-dee-lee-yah
BNবাংলা
ঔষধের দোকান
owsh-dher do-kan
CACatalà
farmàcia
far-MAH-thee-ah
CSČeština
lékárna
lek-ar-nah
DEDeutsch
Apotheke
a-po-THE-keh
ELΕλληνικά
φαρμακείο
far-ma-kee-oh
ESEspañol
farmacia
far-MAH-thee-ah
FAفارسی
دارخانه
daar-kha-neh
FISuomi
apteekki
ap-tee-kki
FRFrançais
pharmacie
far-MAH-see
GUGU
દવાખાનું
da-va-kha-nu
HAHA
masana'antu
ma-sa-na-an-tu
HIहिन्दी
दवाखाना
dava-kha-na
HUMagyar
gyógyszertár
yee-oh-shert-tar
IDBahasa Indonesia
apotek
a-po-tek
ITItaliano
farmacia
far-MAH-thee-ah
MRMR
औषधालय
owshad-ha-lay
MSBahasa Melayu
apotek
a-po-tek
NLNederlands
apotheek
a-po-tek
PLPolski
aptekę
a-ptek-eh
PTPortuguês
farmácia
far-MAH-thee-ah
RORomână
farmacie
far-MAH-thee-ah
RUРусский
аптека
ap-TEH-kah
SVSvenska
apotek
a-po-tek
SWKiswahili
duka la dawa
doo-kah la da-wah
TAதமிழ்
மருந்தகம்
marun-thagam
TEతెలుగు
ఔషధాల దుకాణం
owshadhal dukaanam
THไทย
ร้านขายยา
ran-khai-yah
TRTürkçe
eczane
e-cha-neh
UKУкраїнська
аптека
ap-TEH-kah
URاردو
ڈسپینسری
dis-pen-sa-ree
VITiếng Việt
quầy thuốc
kway-thuk
YOYO
apọtékè
a-po-teh-keh
ZUZU
iklinikhi
ee-k-li-n-kee