Definition of Sanitarium

1. Noun. A hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases.

Exact synonyms: Sanatarium, Sanatorium
Generic synonyms: Hospital, Infirmary

Definition of Sanitarium

1. n. A health station or retreat; a sanatorium.

Definition of Sanitarium

1. Noun. (American English) (alternative spelling of sanatorium) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sanitarium

1. [n -RIA or -RIUMS]

Medical Definition of Sanitarium

1. A health resort. Compare: sanatorium. Synonym: salutarium. Origin: L. Sanitas, health (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sanitarium

sanifying
saning
saniopurulent
sanioserous
sanious
sanious pus
sanism
sanitaria
sanitarian
sanitarians
sanitaries
sanitarily
sanitariness
sanitarist
sanitarists
sanitarium (current term)
sanitariums
sanitary
sanitary code
sanitary condition
sanitary district
sanitary engineering
sanitary landfill
sanitary napkins
sanitary towels
sanitary ware
sanitary wares
sanitaryware

Literary usage of Sanitarium

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1903)
"IT is STATED that a new sanitarium will be established at Amityville, NY It is to be in charge of Mr. Gilbert P. Williams, former superintendent of ..."

2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1903)
"THE NEW $75000 building for the Waukesha Springs sanitarium Co., at Waukesha, Wis., ... FD BAYLESS is erecting a sanitarium at Prairie du Chien, Wis. ..."

3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1911)
"Guardians of insane persons are authorized to confine them, or place them in the state sanitarium, if necessary for their own protection or the safety of ..."

4. Transactions of the Annual Meeting of the American Laryngological Association by American Laryngological Association (1899)
"The Loomis sanitarium, situated at Liberty in this State, admits only persons ... I may also state, in this connection, that the sanitarium has a department ..."

5. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1899)
"Indeed, the infirmary should represent on a small scale the ideal foreign sanitarium, with its nurses, conveniences, and many appliances for treating the ..."

6. Disease in Milk: The Remedy, Pasteurization; the Life Work of Nathan Straus by Nathan Straus, Lina Gutherz Straus (1917)
"JEWISH CONSUMPTIVE sanitarium, DUARTE, CALIFORNIA. ... The sanitarium had been in existence for three years only and was caring for forty consump- ..."

7. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1903)
"IT is STATED that a new sanitarium will be established at Amityville, NY It is to be in charge of Mr. Gilbert P. Williams, former superintendent of ..."

8. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1903)
"THE NEW $75000 building for the Waukesha Springs sanitarium Co., at Waukesha, Wis., ... FD BAYLESS is erecting a sanitarium at Prairie du Chien, Wis. ..."

9. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1911)
"Guardians of insane persons are authorized to confine them, or place them in the state sanitarium, if necessary for their own protection or the safety of ..."

10. Transactions of the Annual Meeting of the American Laryngological Association by American Laryngological Association (1899)
"The Loomis sanitarium, situated at Liberty in this State, admits only persons ... I may also state, in this connection, that the sanitarium has a department ..."

11. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1899)
"Indeed, the infirmary should represent on a small scale the ideal foreign sanitarium, with its nurses, conveniences, and many appliances for treating the ..."

12. Disease in Milk: The Remedy, Pasteurization; the Life Work of Nathan Straus by Nathan Straus, Lina Gutherz Straus (1917)
"JEWISH CONSUMPTIVE sanitarium, DUARTE, CALIFORNIA. ... The sanitarium had been in existence for three years only and was caring for forty consump- ..."

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