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sudatorium

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su⋅da⋅to⋅ri⋅um

  [soo-duh-tawr-ee-uhm, -tohr-]
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–noun, plural -to⋅ri⋅a  [-tawr-ee-uh, -tohr-] .
a hot-air bath for inducing sweating.
Also, sudatory.

Origin:
1750–60; < L sūdātōrium, n. use of neut. of sūdātōrius sudatory; see -tory 2
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su·da·to·ri·um   (sōō'də-tôr'ē-əm, -tōr'-)   
n.   pl. su·da·to·ri·a (-tôr'ē-ə, -tōr'ē-ə)
A hot-air room used for sweat baths. Also called sudatory.

[Latin sūdātōrium, from neuter of sūdātōrius, for sweating, from sūdātus, past participle of sūdāre, to sweat; see sweid- in Indo-European roots.]
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