sanitarium
/ˌsanɪˈtɛːrɪəm
/noun (plural sanitariums or sanitaria /ˌsanɪˈtɛːrɪə/)
North American term for sanatorium.Hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, sanitariums, and orphanages were all a part of the network of care for the immigrants....
- Some thought it to be such a bizarre design for a residential neighborhood, it was mistaken for a sanitarium or hospital.
- Nuns also provided cheap personnel for preschools, infirmaries, sanitariums, asylums, soup kitchens, and orphanages, especially in the North.
Origin
Mid 19th century: pseudo-Latin, from Latin sanitas 'health'.
Rhymes
- hammered
- Hammerfest
- Hammer Film Productions
- hammerhead
- hammerhead shark
- hammering
- hammerkop
- hammerless
- hammerlock
- hammer price
- hammer something home
- hammer something out
- Hammerstein, Oscar
- hammer toe
- Hammett, Dashiell
- hammily
- hamminess
- Hamm, Mia
- hammock
- Hammond, Dame Joan
- Hammond organ
- Hammurabi
- hammy
- Hamnett, Katharine
- hamper