sanatoryadj.
/ˈsanətəri/ 1. Conducive to healing; curative.
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the world > health and disease > healing > [adjective]
medicinala1384
wholesomea1387
healinga1398
medicinablea1398
restorativea1398
sanative14..
curatory?a1425
remediable1437
mildlya1475
curable1483
recurablea1500
curative1525
eradicative1543
good1580
physical1580
medicable1590
sanable1598
balsamic1605
therapeutical1606
medicinary1607
medicative1644
medical1646
therapeutic1646
salutary1649
salvative1653
boethetic1656
medicamentary1656
recuperatory1656
sanitating1656
medicamental1657
medicamentous1659
medicating1705
balmy1747
salving1751
sanatorya1832
salubrious1855
medicatory1864
recuperative1872
the world > action or operation > advantage > [adjective]
fremefulc1000
i-duȝea1250
hendyc1275
begetela1325
profitablea1325
speedful1340
worth1340
speedyc1380
behoveful1382
fructuousc1386
fruitfulc1386
vailable1390
availantc1420
availingc1420
commodious1420
commodous?1440
available1474
behovablea1475
advantageousc1485
profitly1485
beneficiala1513
advantageable1548
sanative1548
gainful1555
vantageable1570
vantageous?1572
gainy1573
comfortable1576
conducent1578
advantageous1591
bootful1594
availful1598
conducible?1611
commoditous1621
conducing1624
conduceful1635
proficuousa1642
proficaciousa1660
beneficenta1676
conducive1710
benefactory1744
benignant1791
sanatorya1832
beneficiary1836
a1832 J. Bentham Deontology (1834) I. x. 151 There are, he [our moralist] tells you, three doses of the moral medicine... In the proper dose there is health and safety... Has he not noted down the sanatory quantity? Not he!
1833 I. Taylor Fanaticism vi. 174 The righteous retribution of Heaven which..is altogether of a sanatory influence.
1843 A. Bethune Sc. Peasant's Fire-side 127 Sanatory excursions.
2. Of or pertaining to healing.
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the world > health and disease > healing > art or science of medicine > [adjective]
medicinala1387
curative?a1425
physic?a1425
physical?a1425
medicinablec1475
Aesculapian1604
medical1646
physico-medical1677
sanative1695
medic1700
iatrical1816
iatric1851
sanatory1870
med1933
1870 W. S. Jevons Elem. Lessons Logic (1880) vi. 48 It [the name surgeon] has long been specialized..to those who perform the mechanical parts of the sanatory art.
1879 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times II. xxvii. 318 Miss Florence Nightingale..had from a very early period turned her attention to sanatory questions.
3. Pertaining to health. (Misused for sanitary adj.)
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the world > health and disease > [adjective]
healthy1600
hygienal1663
hygiastic1670
hygeian1766
hygiantic1815
hygienic1833
hygeistic1836
sanatory1846
hygienical1879
1846 Punch 11 87 The Sanatory Condition of the City.
1847 Illustr. London News 20 Nov. 347 A..meeting in favour of an effective and comprehensive sanatory bill took place.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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