Sanatorium vs. Sanitarium

Sanatoriumnoun

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

Sanatoriumnoun

An establishment for the treatment of the sick; a resort for invalids. See Sanitarium.

Sanatoriumnoun

a hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases

Sanatoriumnoun

pejorative terms for an insane asylum

Sanatoriumnoun

an establishment for the medical treatment of people who are convalescing or have a chronic illness.

Sanatoriumnoun

a room or building for sick children in a boarding school.

Sanatorium

A sanatorium (also spelled sanitarium or sanitorium) is a medical facility for long-term illness, most typically associated with the treatment of tuberculosis (TB) in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century before the discovery of antibiotics. A distinction is sometimes made between or the east-European (a kind of health resort, as in the Battle Creek Sanitarium) and (a hospital).

Sanitariumnoun

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Sanitariumnoun

A health station or retreat; a sanatorium.

Sanitariumnoun

a hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases

Sanitariumnoun

an establishment for the medical treatment of people who are convalescing or have a chronic illness.