sanitarium

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Pronunciation

/ˌsæn.ɪˈtɛəɹ.i.əm/

Definition of sanitarium

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

(US, alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of sanatorium.

“[H]e was led away to a private sanitarium for mental disease, while in the newspapers appeared pathetic accounts of his mental breakdown and of the saintliness of his character.”
“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.”
“Treatment in tuberculosis sanitariums at the expense of the public might be warranted.”

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noun

(US, alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of sanatorium.

“[H]e was led away to a private sanitarium for mental disease, while in the newspapers appeared pathetic accounts of his mental breakdown and of the saintliness of his character.”
“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.”
“Treatment in tuberculosis sanitariums at the expense of the public might be warranted.”

name

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Perhaps a blend of sanitary + sanatorium. Coined by John Harvey Kellogg.

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