Sanitarium meaning

săn'ĭ-târ'ē-əm
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.

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.

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A quiet resort, as in the mountains, where people go to rest and regain health.
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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.
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(US) Alternative spelling of sanatorium.
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Origin of sanitarium

New Latin sānitārium from Latin sānitās health sanity

Sentence Examples

  • The Soldiers' Home (1891) at Bristol, the Butler Hospital for the Insane (1847) at Providence, and a Sanitarium (1905) at Wallum Lake, in the township of Burrillville, also receive state aid.

  • Cath.), the city hospital, St Paul's sanitarium (Rom.

  • Here are the hospital and laboratories of the American Medical Missionary College (of Chicago) and the Battle Creek Sanitarium, established in 1866, which was a pioneer in dietetic reform, and did much to make Battle Creek important in the manufacture of health foods, and in the publication of diet-reform literature.

  • Among the principal buildings, besides the hospital and the sanitarium, are several fine churches, the central high school, the Post tavern and the Post theatre.

  • The population is largely concentrated in and about the village which bears the name of the township. In Attleborough are the Attleborough Home Sanitarium, and a public library (1885).

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