Sanitarium Meaning
/ˌsæn.ɪˈtɛəɹ.i.əm/Definition, CEFR level C2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAlternative form of sanatorium.
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Sentence Examples
The patient was sent to a quiet sanitarium in the mountains.
A sanitarium is a hospital for people with chronic diseases.
He spent several months recovering at a quiet mountain sanitarium.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Due to his tuberculosis, the doctor prescribed a stay at a mountain ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The Victorian ____ offered rest cures and fresh air to patients suffering from nervous disorders.
Word Origin & History
Perhaps a blend of sanitary + sanatorium. Coined by John Harvey Kellogg.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"[H]e was led away to a private sanitarium for mental disease, while in the newspapers appeared pathetic accounts of his mental breakdown and of the saintliness of his character."
— 1908 February 19, Jack London, “The Bishop”, in The Iron Heel, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC, page 188:
"Of all the queer collections of humans outside of a crazy asylum, it seemed to me this sanitarium was the cup winner. […] When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose."
— 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter V, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
"Treatment in tuberculosis sanitariums at the expense of the public might be warranted."
— 1954 February 15, Henry E. Michelson, “The Syndrome of Lupus Erythematosus”, in Modern Medicine, volume 22, number 4, Minneapolis, Minn.: Modern Medicine Publications, Inc., page 98:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Due to his tuberculosis, the doctor prescribed a stay at a mountain ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The Victorian ____ offered rest cures and fresh air to patients suffering from nervous disorders.