Meaning

1 senses
  1. An institution that treats chronic diseases, and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence.

    Sanatorium

    санато́рийsanatórij, здра́вницаzdrávnica

    санато́рійsanatórij, оздоро́вницяozdoróvnycja, здра́вницяzdrávnycja

    a hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Tom became sick and spent time in a sanatorium.

    deTom wurde krank und lag eine Zeitlang im Krankenhaus. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Tuberculosis patients were sent to a special hospital called a sanatorium.

    deTuberkulosepatienten wurden in ein besonderes Krankenhaus gebracht, das man als Sanatorium bezeichnete. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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

    deZusammenfassend kann man das Schiff mit Fug und Recht ein schwimmendes Sanatorium nennen. — al_ex_an_der

  4. Hermann Brehmer established the first German sanatorium.

    deHermann Brehmer hat die erste deutsche Pflegeanstalt errichtet. — frpzzd

Translations

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institution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence:
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institution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence:
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institution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence:

Origin

Haplology from Latin sanatus (past participle of sānō (“to cure, to heal”)) + Latin -toriu

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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Forms

plural: sanatoriums / sanatoria

Synonyms

11 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

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