noun
- plural of sanitorium; medical facilities for treatment of chronic diseases, especially tuberculosis, or for convalescence
Usage: historical; often replaced by modern hospitals
Examples
- Many tuberculosis patients were treated in mountain sanitoriums in the early 1900s.
- The old sanitoriums have been converted into hotels and conference centers.
- Swiss sanitoriums were famous for their clean air and rest cures.
- Patients spent months recovering in these remote sanitoriums.
- The novel was set in one of the grand European sanitoriums of the past.
- Modern hospitals have largely replaced the traditional sanitoriums.