sanatorium

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an institution providing medical treatment, rest, and supervised recovery, especially for chronic illnesses such as tuberculosis; chiefly historical

   After the infection worsened, the doctor sent him to a mountain sanatorium to recover.

From New Latin sanatorium, a place for healing, built on Latin sānāre, "to heal," with -torium, a suffix denoting a place. The spelling has long varied with sanitarium, a related formation influenced by Latin sanitas, "health."

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