nounWord forms: pluralˌsaniˈtariums or ˌsaniˈtaria (ˌsænəˈtɛriə)
1.
a quiet resort, as in the mountains, where people go to rest and regain health
2.
an institution for the care of invalids or convalescents, esp. one making use of local natural resources, as mineral springs, or one treating a specific disease, as tuberculosis
Word origin
ModL < L sanitas, health < sanus, healthy
Examples of 'sanitarium' in a sentence
sanitarium
In the ensuing weeks, something frightened her badly, perhaps the news that her cousin Ben was critically ill in a sanitarium in Denver.
McCorquodale, Robin DANSVILLE (1990)
Magda pushed her consciousness out, out, beyond the confining walls of the sanitarium.