sanatorium
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7.5
- noun
- /ˌsænəˈtɔːrɪəm/
- Archaic
:
sanatorio
- After struggling with her health for months, she finally checked into a sanatorium for long-term care.
Examples
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I found her in a sanatorium in Trieste.
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Dr. Cross has a private sanatorium just out of town.
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The sanatorium is of great importance for the local economy.
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Doctor, you must get him to a sanatorium.
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How is your sister getting along at the sanatorium?
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So I handed the key to my room at the sanatorium to you.
Fiction book (1998) -
All those years ago, May had refused to go to the sanatorium.
Fiction book (1997) -
When he was 11, he was sent to a sanatorium with apparent tuberculosis.
Blog text (9) -
He's at a private sanatorium near to St. Moritz.
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Known locally as "the San," the Trudeau Sanatorium set the standard for numerous public and private curing facilities nationwide.
Academic text (2014)
Synonyms
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1.0
A large building where sick or injured people get medical care
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7.5
A hospital where people go to recover from a long illness
A hospital where people stay a long time to recover from serious illness
How Long-Term
Surface Forms
Morphology
sanatorium = sanat + orium
Though built from a Latin element meaning 'heal' plus a place-forming suffix, these parts are not productive or transparent to an average B1 learner, so the meaning 'medical rest facility' cannot be reliably derived from the components.
Etymology
The word sanatorium comes from the Latin root sanare, meaning 'to heal', and the ending -orium, meaning 'a place for'. So a sanatorium is literally a 'place for healing and rest', which is why it names hospitals where people stay to recover for a long time.