noun
- plural of sanatorium; medical facilities for the treatment of chronic illnesses, especially tuberculosis, or for convalescence
Usage: often historical
Examples
- Many tuberculosis sanatoriums were built in mountain regions for their clean air.
- The old sanatoriums have been converted into hotels and conference centers.
- Patients spent months recovering in these remote sanatoriums.
- Swiss sanatoriums were famous for treating respiratory ailments.
- The novel was set in one of the grand sanatoriums of the early 1900s.
- Modern hospitals have largely replaced the traditional sanatoriums.