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so⋅lar⋅i⋅um

[suh-lair-ee-uhm, soh-]
–noun, plural -lar⋅i⋅ums, -lar⋅i⋅a [-lair-ee-uh] .
a glass-enclosed room, porch, or the like, exposed to the sun's rays, as at a seaside hotel or for convalescents in a hospital.

Origin:
1815–25; < L sōlārium balcony, terrace, equiv. to sōl the sun + -ārium -ary
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so·lar·i·um   (sō-lâr'ē-əm, sə-)   
n.   pl. so·lar·i·a (-ē-ə) or so·lar·i·ums
A room, gallery, or glassed-in porch exposed to the sun.

[Latin sōlārium, terrace, flat housetop, from sōl, sun; see sāwel- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

solarium 
1891, "part of a house exposed to the sun," earlier "sundial" (1842), from L. solarium "sundial," also "a flat housetop," lit. "that which is exposed to the sun," from sol "sun" (see sol).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: so·lar·i·um
Pronunciation: sO-'lar-E-&m, s&-, -'ler-
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural so·lar·ia /-E-&/ also -ums
: a room (as in a hospital) used especially for sunbathing or therapeutic exposure to light
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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