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Sanatorium

/ˌsænəˈtɔːriəm/
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(noun) An institution that treats chronic diseases, and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence.

In summary, you can call the ship, with complete justification, a floating sanatorium.
Tom spent time in a sanatorium.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The patient was sent to a mountain ____ to recover from the effects of tuberculosis.

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