sanatorium

noun

san·a·to·ri·um ˌsa-nə-ˈtȯr-ē-əm How to pronounce sanatorium (audio)

variants or sanitarium

ˌsa-nə-ˈter-ē-əm How to pronounce sanatorium (audio)

or less commonly sanitorium

ˌsa-nə-ˈtȯr-ē-əm How to pronounce sanatorium (audio)

plural sanatoriums or sanatoria ˌsa-nə-ˈtȯr-ē-ə How to pronounce sanatorium (audio)

or sanitariums or sanitaria ˌsa-nə-ˈter-ē-ə How to pronounce sanatorium (audio)

also sanitoriums or sanitoria ˌsa-nə-ˈtȯr-ē-ə How to pronounce sanatorium (audio)

: an establishment or facility offering usually long-term medical care or treatment: such as

: 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

: 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

Feodora was in and out of sanatoria until she committed suicide in 1945.

Judy Bachrach

… we read of Freud's twice-a-day visits to the sanitarium where his hysterical patient was staying …

Janet Malcolm

: an institution for rest and recuperation

It was the same sanitarium where he recovered from a quintuple heart bypass operation in 1996.

Fred Coleman

: 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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web In Irpin, Svitlana Kostrykina lived with her husband, Konstantin, who served as a caretaker for a disused children’s sanatorium.

Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022 Two days later, Svitlana and Serhii crept along the sanatorium’s fence, searching for the men.

Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022 After contracting tuberculosis at 13, he was sent to a sanatorium for a year.

Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2022 Some faced less lethal forms of persecution, such as Käthe Abels, who ran a small sanatorium outside of Berlin.

Samuel Huneke, CNN, 2 June 2022 His family lived on the grounds of a pediatric-tuberculosis sanatorium.

Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 23 May 2022 The first of the book’s four sections takes the form of a popular novella based on Bevel’s life, depicting the financier as an emotionally repressed numbers savant who drove his wife to madness and an agonizing death in a Swiss sanatorium.

Sam Sacks, WSJ, 29 Apr. 2022 The Ukrainian prosecutor-general’s office said the bodies of five men with their hands bound were found in the basement of a children’s sanatorium where civilians were tortured and killed.

Oleksandr Stashevskyi, chicagotribune.com, 5 Apr. 2022 The Ukrainian prosecutor-general’s office said the bodies of five men with their hands bound were found in the basement of a children’s sanatorium where civilians were tortured and killed.

Oleksandr Stashevskyi, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Apr. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

sanatorium from Late Latin sānātōrius (adjective) "healing" (from Latin sānāre "to cure, restore to health"—derivative of sānus "sound, healthy," of uncertain origin— + -tōrius, deverbal adjective suffix) + -orium; sanitarium from Latin sānitās "health, soundness of mind" + -arium — more at sanity

First Known Use

1839, in the meaning defined at sense 1

单词	sanitarium
释义	sanatorium noun san·a·to·ri·um ˌsa-nə-ˈtȯr-ē-əm variants or sanitarium ˌsa-nə-ˈter-ē-əm or less commonly sanitorium ˌsa-nə-ˈtȯr-ē-əm 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 Feodora was in and out of sanatoria until she committed suicide in 1945. Judy Bachrach … we read of Freud's twice-a-day visits to the sanitarium where his hysterical 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 Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web In Irpin, Svitlana Kostrykina lived with her husband, Konstantin, who served as a caretaker for a disused children’s sanatorium. Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022 Two days later, Svitlana and Serhii crept along the sanatorium’s fence, searching for the men. Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022 After contracting tuberculosis at 13, he was sent to a sanatorium for a year. Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2022 Some faced less lethal forms of persecution, such as Käthe Abels, who ran a small sanatorium outside of Berlin. Samuel Huneke, CNN, 2 June 2022 His family lived on the grounds of a pediatric-tuberculosis sanatorium. Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 23 May 2022 The first of the book’s four sections takes the form of a popular novella based on Bevel’s life, depicting the financier as an emotionally repressed numbers savant who drove his wife to madness and an agonizing death in a Swiss sanatorium. Sam Sacks, WSJ, 29 Apr. 2022 The Ukrainian prosecutor-general’s office said the bodies of five men with their hands bound were found in the basement of a children’s sanatorium where civilians were tortured and killed. Oleksandr Stashevskyi, chicagotribune.com, 5 Apr. 2022 The Ukrainian prosecutor-general’s office said the bodies of five men with their hands bound were found in the basement of a children’s sanatorium where civilians were tortured and killed. Oleksandr Stashevskyi, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Apr. 2022 See More Word History Etymology sanatorium from Late Latin sānātōrius (adjective) "healing" (from Latin sānāre "to cure, restore to health"—derivative of sānus "sound, healthy," of uncertain origin— + -tōrius, deverbal adjective suffix) + -orium; sanitarium from Latin sānitās "health, soundness of mind" + -arium — more at sanity First Known Use 1839, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Kids Definition sanatorium noun san·a·to·ri·um ˌsa-nə-ˈtȯr-ē-əm plural sanatoriums or sanatoria -ē-ə : a place for the care and treatment usually of people recovering from illness or having a disease likely to last a long time Medical Definition sanatorium noun san·a·to·ri·um ˌsan-ə-ˈtōr-ē-əm, -ˈtȯr- plural sanatoriums or sanatoria -ē-ə 1 : an establishment that provides therapy combined with a regimen (as of diet and exercise) for treatment or rehabilitation 2 a : an institution for rest and recuperation (as of convalescents) b : an establishment for the treatment of the chronically ill a tuberculosis sanatorium sanitarium noun as in sanatorium Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance sanatorium sanitorium hospital hospice infirmary clinic medical center sick bay home sickroom halfway house
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