sanitariums

[san-i-tair-ee-uhm]

Origin

noun, plural -tar·i·ums, -tar·i·a

[-tair-ee-uh] .

an institution for the preservation or recovery of health, especially for convalescence; health resort.

Origin:
1850–55; < Latin sānit(ās) health (see sanity) + -ārium -ary

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a fool or simpleton; ninny.

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Word Origin & History

sanitarium

1851, lit. "place dedicated to health," as if from Mod.L. *sanitarius, from L. sanitas "health," from sanus "healthy, sane" (cf. sanatarium).

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Medical Dictionary

sanitarium san·i·tar·i·um (sān'ĭ-târ'ē-əm)
n.
See sanatorium.

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