sanatorium
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++san·a·to·ri·um /ˌsænəˈtɔːriəm/ noun (plural sanatoria /-riə/ or sanatoriums) [countable] old-fashioned MHa type of hospital for sick people who are getting better after a long illness but still need rest and a lot of care 疗养院 SYN American English sanitarium
Examples from the Corpus
sanatorium• All I had to do was make like a patient in a sanatorium.• Although he returned to the School staff after the war, he was later compelled to spend some time in a sanatorium.• Thinking of the frail figure sitting in the gloomy room at the sanatorium, trusting the great Bonanza.• I see her picture in the paper, then I holler copper and tell them this is the dame from the sanatorium.• If that decision has now put him in the casualty ward, it has equally kept him from the sanatorium.• By inventing this yarn about the time Connie left the sanatorium, you've tied yourself right in this thing.• Reporters and photographers were swarming all over the sanatorium that day.• The sanatorium was opened only in 1941.Origin sanatorium (1800-1900) Modern Latin Late Latin sanatorius “acting as a cure”, from Latin sanare “to cure”, from sanus; → SANEsan·a·to·ri·um nounChineseSyllable
for type are Corpus people who sick a of hospital
sanatorium
san‧a‧to‧ri‧um /ˌsænəˈtɔːriəm/
noun (plural sanatoria /-riə/ or sanatoriums) [countable] old-fashioned
SYN sanitarium American English
▪ hospital a large building where sick or injured people receive medical treatment: He was taken by ambulance to the local hospital. | the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford | a mental hospital
▪medical center American English a large hospital, which often has many different departments, including areas for research: a discovery by doctors at the New England Medical Center
▪clinic a place, often in a hospital, where medical treatment and advice is given to people who do not need to stay in a hospital: a family-planning clinic (=which gives people help and advice about birth control) | a special clinic for people with drug and alcohol problems
▪hospice a special hospital for people who are dying: They are hoping to raise funds to build a hospice for sick and dying children.
▪nursing home/old people's home (also home ) a place where people who are old and ill can live and be looked after, by nurses: She doesn't want to end up in a nursing home.
▪sanatorium a place where people recovering after a long illness were sent in the past, so that they could rest and receive special care: He was sent to a sanatorium in the Swiss Alps.
san‧a‧to‧ri‧um /ˌsænəˈtɔːriəm/
noun (plural sanatoria /-riə/ or sanatoriums) [countable] old-fashioned Date: 1800-1900
Language: Modern Latin
Origin: Late Latin sanatorius 'acting as a cure', from Latin sanare 'to cure', from sanus; ⇨ sane
a type of hospital for sick people who are getting better after a long illness but still need rest and a lot of care Language: Modern Latin
Origin: Late Latin sanatorius 'acting as a cure', from Latin sanare 'to cure', from sanus; ⇨ sane
SYN sanitarium American English
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