Associations to the word «Sanatorium»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

SANATORIUM, noun. A hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases.
SANATORIUM, noun. Pejorative terms for an insane asylum.

Wise words

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.