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Vinony

sanitarium

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌsæn.ɪˈtɛəɹ.i.əm/

name

Etymology: Ellipsis of Mindanao Sanitarium and Hospital College, the former name of Adventist Medical Center College - Iligan.

  1. Adventist Medical Center College - Iligan

noun

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

  1. 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.”