san·a·to·ri·um /ˌsænəˈtɔːriəm/ noun (plural sanatoria /-riə/ or sanatoriums) [countableC] old-fashioned
MHa type of hospital for sick people who are getting better after a long illness but still need rest and a lot of care 疗养院SYN American English sanitarium
Examples from the Corpus
sanatorium• All I had to do was make like a patient in a sanatorium.• Although he returned to the School staff after the war, he was later compelled to spend some time in a sanatorium.• Thinking of the frailfigure sitting in the gloomy room at the sanatorium, trusting the great Bonanza.• I see her picture in the paper, then I hollercopper and tell them this is the dame from the sanatorium.• If that decision has now put him in the casualtyward, it has equally kept him from the sanatorium.• By inventing this yarn about the time Connie left the sanatorium, you've tied yourself right in this thing.• Reporters and photographers were swarming all over the sanatorium that day.• The sanatorium was opened only in 1941.
Originsanatorium
(1800-1900)Modern LatinLate Latinsanatorius“acting as a cure”, from Latinsanare“to cure”, from sanus; → SANE