English Explanatory Dictionary

sanatorium

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

săn′ə-tôr′ē-əm /ˌsæn.əˈtɔːɹ.iː.əm/ /ˌsan.əˈtɔːɹ.iː.əm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sanatorium.wav /ˌsæn.əˈtoɹ.i.əm/ /ˌsæn.əˈtoːɹ.iː.əm/ /ˌsɛn.əˈtoːɹ.iː.əm/ /ˌsan.əˈtoɾ.i.əm/ /ˌsan.ʌˈtoɾ.i.ʌm/ /ˌsa(ː)n.aˈʈoːɾ.iː.um/

Word forms

sanatorium sanatoriums sanatoria sanitarium sanitorium sanatarium

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.

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