sanatorium
a hospital for the treatment of chronic diseases, as tuberculosis or various nervous or mental disorders.
Origin of sanatorium
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How to use sanatorium in a sentence
Another man, sitting in the playground of a sanatorium, was watching his toddler play on the slide of a jungle gym.
Ukraine Families Flee Into the Forest to Escape Brutal Fighting in Sloviansk | Yusuf Sayman | June 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMrs. Bassett was going to a sanatorium as soon as she was able to move; but for three weeks Marian was on Harwood's hands.
A Hoosier Chronicle | Meredith NicholsonMrs. Bassett blew in to-day from that sanatorium in Connecticut where they've been working on her nerves.
A Hoosier Chronicle | Meredith NicholsonThe road was a rough carriage-road leading up to a large sanatorium, which was situated about three-quarters of the way to F——.
Katharine Frensham | Beatrice HarradenMy health having given way, I proceeded to that sanatorium somewhat later in the hot season.
Recollections of Thirty-nine Years in the Army | Charles Alexander Gordon
Very charming as a health resort was the Southern sanatorium found to be.
Recollections of Thirty-nine Years in the Army | Charles Alexander Gordon
British Dictionary definitions for sanatorium
US sanitarium (ˌsænɪˈtɛərɪəm)
/ (ˌsænəˈtɔːrɪəm) /
an institution for the medical care and recuperation of persons who are chronically ill
a health resort
British a room in a boarding school where sick pupils may be treated in isolation
Origin of sanatorium
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