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Sanitarium definition

sanəterēəm
sanitaria sanitariums
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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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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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(US) Alternative spelling of sanatorium.
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sanitarium
Plural:
sanitaria, sanitariums

Origin of sanitarium

  • From New Latin sānitārium, from sānitās (“health").

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Sanitarium 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.

  • 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.

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