Sanitarium Definition

sanəterēəm
sanitaria, sanitariums
noun
sanitariums
A quiet resort, as in the mountains, where people go to rest and regain health.
Webster's New World
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.
Webster's New World

(US) Alternative spelling of sanatorium.

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Noun

Singular:
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.

  • In the city are a Carnegie library, a King's Daughters' Hospital, the Temple Sanitarium, and a hospital of the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe railway.

  • In addition, they have performed at some at the biggest festivals in the world including Ozzfest, the Summer Sanitarium Tour and the Big Day Out Festival.

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SSASAN

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