sanitarium

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Blend of sanitary +‎ sanatorium. Coined by John Harvey Kellogg.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˌsæn.ɪˈtɛəɹ.i.əm/
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Noun[edit]

sanitarium (plural sanitariums or sanitaria)

  1. (US) Alternative form of sanatorium.
    • 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter V, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
      Of all the queer collections of humans outside of a crazy asylum, it seemed to me this sanitarium was the cup winner. [] When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose.
    • 1954 February 15, Henry E. Michelson, “The Syndrome of Lupus Erythematosus”, in Modern Medicine, volume 22, number 4, Minneapolis, Minn.: Modern Medicine Publications, Inc., page 98:
      Treatment in tuberculosis sanitariums at the expense of the public might be warranted.

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