sanatorium
noun
san·a·to·ri·um
ˌsa-nə-ˈtȯr-ē-əm
variants
or sanitarium
or less commonly sanitorium
plural sanatoriums or sanatoria
ˌsa-nə-ˈtȯr-ē-ə
or sanitariums or sanitaria
ˌsa-nə-ˈter-ē-ə
also sanitoriums or sanitoria
ˌsa-nə-ˈtȯr-ē-ə
1
: an establishment or facility offering usually long-term medical care or treatment: such as
a
: an establishment that provides therapy typically involving specific regimens (such as special diet, fresh air, or daily exercise) for treatment or rehabilitation
I contracted pulmonary tuberculosis and found myself flat on my back in a sanatorium in the Adirondack Mountains …—Walker Percy
He wanted to kick the drugs, and several times in 1966 and 1967 he went to a sanitarium outside Paris and took a "sleeping cure"—a regimen of tranquillizers and bed rest.—Ingrid Sischy
b
: a facility treating individuals with mental or emotional disorders
He suffered his first nervous breakdown in November of 1947 … and was committed to a Long Island sanatorium for almost a year.—Francis Davis
… we read of Freud's twice-a-day visits to the sanitarium where his … patient was staying …—Janet Malcolm
c
: an institution for rest and recuperation
It was the same sanitarium where he recovered from a quintuple heart bypass operation in 1996.—Fred Coleman
2
: an establishment catering to individuals seeking to improve or maintain good health : a health resort
So all we get is a luxe bustling sanitarium with people concentrating on vegetarian diets and their colons.—Stanley Kauffmann
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