sanatory
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of sanatory
1825–35; < Late Latin sānātōrius healthful, equivalent to Latin sānā ( re ) to heal (derivative of sānus sane ) + -tōrius -tory 1
Example Sentences
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For this sanatory measure, however, Dorothea, who had recovered consciousness, seemed to entertain an unaccountable repugnance.
From M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur." by Whyte-Melville, G.J.
The city of London has, until within a few years, been backward, in this sanatory movement.
From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by School, A Sexton of the Old
"Try the sanatory condition of the towns, then, and universal conciliation to Ireland," replied the Economist.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 by Various
It is also possible that policy dictated these sanatory enactments.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)
The great majority had been confined there as hospital patients, not as offenders against the law, and they were divided into wards, according to their sanatory condition.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV. by Various
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