Sanatorium

n. rehabilitation center, hospital for the treatment of chronic diseases, convalescent center

A sanatorium (also sanitorium, sanitarium) is a medical facility for long-term illness, typically tuberculosis. A distinction was sometimes made between a "sanitarium" (a kind of health resort, as in the Battle Creek Sanitarium) and "sanatorium" (a hospital). According to the Saskatchewan Lung Association, when the National Anti-Tuberculosis Association was founded in 1904, it was felt that a distinction should be made between the health resorts with which people were familiar and the new tuberculosis treatment hospitals: "So they decided to use a new word which instead of being derived from the Latin noun sanitas, meaning health, would emphasize the need for scientific healing or treatment. Accordingly, they took the Latin verb root sano, meaning to heal, and adopted the new word sanatorium" [1].
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Noun
1. a hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases
(synonym) sanatarium, sanitarium
(hypernym) hospital, infirmary
2. pejorative terms for an insane asylum
(synonym) Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, snake pit
(hypernym) mental hospital, psychiatric hospital, mental institution, institution, mental home, insane asylum, asylum

n. sanatorium, hospital for the treatment of chronic diseases, rehabilitation center, convalescent center

n. sanatorium, rehabilitation center, hospital for the treatment of chronic diseases, convalescent center