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sanatory, a.|ˈsænətərɪ|
[As if ad. mod.L. sānātōrius, f. L. sānāre: see sanate v. and -ory.]
1. Conducive to healing; curative.
a1832Bentham Deontol. x. (1834) I. 151 There are, he [our moralist] tells you, three doses of the moral medicine... In the proper dose there is health and safety... Has he not noted down the sanatory quantity? Not he! 1833I. Taylor Fanat. vi. 174 The righteous retribution of Heaven which..is altogether of a sanatory influence. 1843A. Bethune Sc. Fireside Stor. 127 Sanatory excursions.
2. Of or pertaining to healing.
1870Jevons Elem. Logic vi. (1880) 48 It [the name surgeon] has long been specialized..to those who perform the mechanical parts of the sanatory art. 1879McCarthy Own Times II. xxvii. 318 Miss Florence Nightingale..had from a very early period turned her attention to sanatory questions.
¶3. Pertaining to health. (Misused for sanitary.)
1846Punch XI. 87 The Sanatory Condition of the City. 1847Illustr. Lond. News 20 Nov. 347 A..meeting in favour of an effective and comprehensive sanatory bill took place. |