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Dispensary

A place where medicines are prepared and dispensed; esp., a place where the poor can obtain medical advice and medicines gratuitously or at a nominal price.

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Clinic 76% connected

One confined to the bed by sickness.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Dispense 74% connected

To deal out in portions; to distribute; to give; as, the steward dispenses provisions according directions; Nature dispenses her bounties; to dispens…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Dispense 74% connected

To deal out in portions; to distribute; to give; as, the steward dispenses provisions according directions; Nature dispenses her bounties; to dispens…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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