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
Noun
sanatorium n (plural sanatoria, diminutive sanatoriumpje n)
- sanatorium
- Synonym: herstellingsoord
French
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin sanatus, past participle of sānō (“to cure, to heal”).
Noun
sanatorium m (plural sanatoriums)
See also
Further reading
- “sanatorium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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