sanatorium

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases
  2. noun pejorative terms for an insane asylum

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.

In classic literature

Synonyms

sanatarium, sanitarium

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