preventoriumn.

Brit.

/ˌpriːvɛnˈtɔːrɪəm/, U.S.

/ˌprivɛnˈtɔriəm/

Inflections: Plural preventoria, preventoriums.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prevent v., -orium suffix.

Etymology: < prevent v. + -orium suffix.

Originally U.S. Now chiefly historical.

An institution where preventive care is given to people at risk from disease, esp. tuberculosis.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > places for the sick or injured > [noun] > institution for preventative care

preventorium1907

1907 W. Ewart in Jrnl. Balneol. & Climatol. 11 155 The place for the ‘Prevention-Sanatorium’, or ‘Preventorium’, is the sea-coast.

1909 Boston Evening Transcript 10 Nov. (heading) To fight tuberculosis New York will have $700,000 preventorium.

1930 Aberdeen Press & Jrnl. 21 Oct. 6/1 There are two preventoria in Aberdeen.

1953 H. R. Leavell in Leavell & Clark Textbk. Preventive Med. xvi. 497 ‘Preventoriums’, where children from families with tuberculosis were sent and cared for..did not prove useful enough to justify their cost, and they were not taken over by government.

1968 Awake! 8 May 12/2 When I was eighteen, I had to spend some months in a preventorium.

2004 Irish News (Nexis) 22 Apr. 7 Were you a patient at a sanatorium, or did you attend a hospital school, open-air school or preventorium?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	preventorium
释义	preventoriumn. Brit. /ˌpriːvɛnˈtɔːrɪəm/, U.S. /ˌprivɛnˈtɔriəm/ Inflections: Plural preventoria, preventoriums. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prevent v., -orium suffix. Etymology: < prevent v. + -orium suffix. Originally U.S. Now chiefly historical. An institution where preventive care is given to people at risk from disease, esp. tuberculosis. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > places for the sick or injured > [noun] > institution for preventative care preventorium1907 1907 W. Ewart in Jrnl. Balneol. & Climatol. 11 155 The place for the ‘Prevention-Sanatorium’, or ‘Preventorium’, is the sea-coast. 1909 Boston Evening Transcript 10 Nov. (heading) To fight tuberculosis New York will have $700,000 preventorium. 1930 Aberdeen Press & Jrnl. 21 Oct. 6/1 There are two preventoria in Aberdeen. 1953 H. R. Leavell in Leavell & Clark Textbk. Preventive Med. xvi. 497 ‘Preventoriums’, where children from families with tuberculosis were sent and cared for..did not prove useful enough to justify their cost, and they were not taken over by government. 1968 Awake! 8 May 12/2 When I was eighteen, I had to spend some months in a preventorium. 2004 Irish News (Nexis) 22 Apr. 7 Were you a patient at a sanatorium, or did you attend a hospital school, open-air school or preventorium? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1907
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