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sanatorium

noun

  1. medical facility for chronic disease
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌsæn.əˈtɔːɹ.iː.əm/ / /ˌsan.əˈtɔːɹ.iː.əm/ / /ˌsæn.əˈtoɹ.i.əm/

noun

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.

  1. An institution that treats chronic diseases, and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence.