Sanatorium

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An institution for the treatment of chronic diseases or for medically supervised recuperation.
  • n. A resort for improvement or maintenance of health, especially for convalescents. Also called sanitarium.
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  • n. an institution that treats chronic diseases, and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An establishment for the treatment of the sick; a resort for invalids. See sanitarium.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A place to which people go for the sake of health; a locality to which people resort to regain health; also, a house, hotel, or medical institution in such a locality, designed to accommodate invalids: specifically applied to military stations on the mountains or tablelands of tropical countries, with climates suited to the health of Europeans.
  • n. A hospital, usually a private hospital for the treatment of patients who are not beyond the hope of cure.
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  • n. a hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases
  • n. pejorative terms for an insane asylum
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    hospital    infirmary    mental institution    asylum    mental home   
    Variant
    sanitarium   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    health resort   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    outgo    sanitorium    aqha    cocktail-party    madhouse   
     
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