sanatorium
See also: Sanatorium
English
Alternative forms
- sanitarium (US)
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.
Noun
sanatorium (plural sanatoriums or sanatoria)
- An institution that treats chronic diseases, and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence.
Translations
institution that treats chronic diseases, and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
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Dutch
Etymology
An internationalism, ultimately or directly from English sanatorium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌsaːnaːˌtoː.ri.ʏm/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: sa‧na‧to‧ri‧um
Noun
sanatorium n (plural sanatoria, diminutive sanatoriumpje n)
- sanatorium
- Synonym: herstellingsoord
French
See also
Further reading
- “sanatorium” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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