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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases [syn: sanatorium, sanatarium, sanitarium]
2: pejorative terms for an insane asylum [syn: Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pit]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -riums or sanatoria) Etymology: New Latin, from Late Latin, neuter of sanatorius curative, from sanare Date: 1839 1. an establishment that provides therapy combined with a regimen (as of diet and exercise) for treatment or rehabilitation 2. a. an institution for rest and recuperation (as of convalescents) b. an establishment for the treatment of the chronically ill

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. sanatoriums or sanatoria) 1 an establishment for the treatment of invalids, esp. of convalescents and the chronically sick. 2 Brit. a room or building for sick people in a school etc. Etymology: mod.L (as SANATIVE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sanatorium San`a*to"ri*um, n. [NL. See Sanatory.] An establishment for the treatment of the sick; a resort for invalids. See Sanitarium.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(sanatoriums, or sanatoria) Note: in AM, also use 'sanitarium' A sanatorium is an institution that provides medical treatment and rest, often in a healthy climate, for people who have been ill for a long time. N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

VA hospital, asylum, base hospital, clinic, community hospital, convalescent home, convalescent hospital, evacuation hospital, field hospital, general hospital, home, hospital, infirmary, inpatient clinic, maison de sante, mental hospital, nursing home, osteopathic hospital, outpatient clinic, policlinic, polyclinic, private hospital, proprietary hospital, public hospital, rest home, sanitarium, sick bay, sickbed, sickroom, special hospital, station hospital, surgical hospital, teaching hospital, veterans hospital, voluntary hospital, ward, well-baby clinic