sanatorium
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.
noun
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An institution that treats chronic diseases, and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence.
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