English Explanatory Dictionary

dispensatory

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Granting, or authorized to grant, dispensations.
noun
  1. A book containing a systematic description of drugs and of preparations made from them.

Pronunciation

/dɪsˈpɛnsəˌtɔɹi/ /dɪsˈpɛnsətəɹi/ /dɪsˈpɛnsətɹi/

Word forms

dispensatory more dispensatory most dispensatory dispensatories

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dispēnsātōrius, and the noun dispēnsātōrium. Compare Latin dispēnsātor, dispēnsō and English dispense.

Related words

codex formulary pharmacopoeia

Derived words

dispensatorily
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