Sanatorium

//ˌsænəˈtɔɹiəm// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An institution that treats chronic diseases, and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence.
  2. 2
    pejorative terms for an insane asylum wordnet
  3. 3
    a hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases wordnet

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asylumbase hospitalbedlambedlambooby hatchclinic

Example

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"In summary, you can call the ship, with complete justification, a floating sanatorium."

Etymology

Haplology from Latin sanatus (past participle of sānō (“to cure, to heal”)) + Latin -torium. Alternatively, alteration of sanitarium influenced by words like curatorium and moratorium.

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