Dispensatory
1Dispensatory — Dis*pen sa*to*ry, a. [L. dispensatorius relating to management. See {Dispense}, v. t.] Granting, or authorized to grant, dispensations. Dispensatory power. Bp. Rainbow. [1913 Webster] …
2Dispensatory — Dis*pen sa*to*ry, n.; pl. {Dispensatories}. A book or medicinal formulary containing a systematic description of drugs, and of preparations made from them. It is usually, but not always, distinguished from a pharmacop[oe]ia in that it issued by… …
3Dispensatory — (spr. Dispensäteri), in England Anstalt, wohin arme Kranke zu bestimmter Zeit kommen u. ärzlichen Rath, auch Arznei unentgeldlich erhalten; vgl. Klinik …
4dispensatory — [di spen′sə tôr΄ē] n. pl. dispensatories [ML dispensatorium < LL dispensatorius, of management or control < L dispensare: see DISPENSE] 1. a handbook on the preparation and use of medicines; pharmacopeia 2. Obs. a dispensary …
5dispensatory — noun (plural ries) Date: 1566 a medicinal formulary …
6dispensatory — /di spen seuh tawr ee, tohr ee/, n., pl. dispensatories. 1. a book in which the composition, preparation, and uses of medicinal substances are described; a nonofficial pharmacopoeia. 2. a dispensary. [1560 70; < ML dispensatorium, LL… …
7Dispensatory — A work originally intended as a commentary on the Pharmacopeia, but now more of a supplement to that work, which contains an account of the sources, mode of preparation, physiologic action, and therapeutic uses of most of the agents, official and …
8dispensatory — n. book of medications; clinic …
9dispensatory — n. Pharmacopoeia …
10dispensatory — dis·pen·sa·to·ry …
