sanatorium
Plural: sanatoria, sanatoriums
Noun
- a hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases
- pejorative terms for an insane asylum
- An institution that treats chronic diseases, and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence.
Origin / Etymology
Haplology from Latin sanatus (past participle of sānō (“to cure, to heal”)) + Latin -torium. Alternatively, alteration of sanitarium influenced by words like curatorium and moratorium.
Synonyms
Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatarium, sanitarium, snake pit
Scrabble Score: 12
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