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- Dictionarysanatorium/ˌsanəˈtɔːrɪəm/
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- 1. an establishment for the medical treatment of people who are convalescing or have a chronic illness.
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Residential facility providing health care for patients convalescing from long-term illnesses like tuberculosis
A sanatorium, also sanitarium or sanitorium, is a historic name for a specialised hospital for the treatment of specific diseases, related ailments, and convalescence. Sanatoriums are often in a healthy climate, usually in the countryside. The idea of healing was an important reason for the historical wave of establishments of sanatoria, especially at the end of the 19th and early 20th centuries. ... Wikipedia