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SANATORIUM (a modern Latinism, formed from sanare, to cure, restore to health, sanus, whole, healthy, well; often wrongly spelled sanatarium or sanitarium)

SANATORIUM (a See also:
MODERN
modern Latinism, formed from sanare, to cure, restore to See also:
HEALTH
health, sanus, whole, healthy, well; often wrongly spelled sanatarium or sanitarium) , an See also:

ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment where persons suffering from disease, or convalescents, may be received for medical treatment, See also:

REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest See also:

CURES

cures and the like; in See also:

RECENT

recent modern usage particularly used for establishments where patients suffering from See also:

PHTHISIS (Gr. 49Lnns " wasting ")

phthisis may undergo the open-See also:

air treatment (see See also:

THERAPEUTICS (Gr. BepaaeuTLKIi, Sc. TEXVrt, from Beparebsty, to serve)

THERAPEUTICS). The mis-spellings of the word, sanitarium and sanatarium, are, due to a confusion of " sanatory," i.e. giving health, from sanare, and " sanitary," pertaining to health, from sanitas, health.

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