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sanitarium

The definition of a sanitarium is a special health care facility where people are treated for chronic disease or where people are able to recover from a long illness.

(noun)

When people had polio and had to stay in a special hospital for a long time to get better, the special hospital they were sent to was an example of a sanitarium.

See sanitarium in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. sanitariums or sanitaria

a quiet resort, as in the mountains, where people go to rest and regain health
an institution for the care of invalids or convalescents, esp. one making use of local natural resources, as mineral springs, or one treating a specific disease, as tuberculosis

Origin: ModL < L sanitas, health < sanus, healthy

See sanitarium in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. san·i·tar·i·ums or san·i·tar·i·a (-ē-ə)

See sanatorium.

Origin:

Origin: New Latin sānitārium

Origin: , from Latin sānitās, health; see sanity

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