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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sanatorium \San`a*to"ri*um\, n. [NL. See {Sanatory}.]
     An establishment for the treatment of the sick; a resort for
     invalids. See {Sanitarium}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  sanatorium
       n 1: a hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic
            diseases [syn: {sanatarium}, {sanitarium}]
       2: pejorative terms for an insane asylum [syn: {Bedlam}, {booby
          hatch}, {crazy house}, {cuckoo's nest}, {funny farm}, {funny
          house}, {loony bin}, {madhouse}, {nut house}, {nuthouse},
          {snake pit}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  37 Moby Thesaurus words for "sanatorium":
     VA hospital, asylum, base hospital, clinic, community hospital,
     convalescent home, convalescent hospital, evacuation hospital,
     field hospital, general hospital, home, hospital, infirmary,
     inpatient clinic, maison de sante, mental hospital, nursing home,
     osteopathic hospital, outpatient clinic, policlinic, polyclinic,
     private hospital, proprietary hospital, public hospital, rest home,
     sanitarium, sick bay, sickbed, sickroom, special hospital,
     station hospital, surgical hospital, teaching hospital,
     veterans hospital, voluntary hospital, ward, well-baby clinic
  
  

















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