Meanings
nounsanatorium (plural sanatoriums or sanatoria)
plural sanatoriums · plural sanatoria · alternative US sanitarium · alternative uncommon sanitorium · alternative sanatarium
- An institution that treats chronic diseases, and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases
Similar
nounpejorative terms for an insane asylum
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Haplology from Latin sanatus (past participle of sānō (“to cure, to heal”)) + Latin -torium. Alternatively, alteration of sanitarium influenced by words like curatorium and moratorium.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مَصَحَّة
- مَصَحَّة (maṣaḥḥa)institution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
Bulgarian санато́риум
- санато́риум (sanatórium)institution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
Catalan sanatori
- sanatoriinstitution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
Chinese Mandarin 休養所 /休养所, 療養院 /疗养院
- 休養所 /休养所 (xiūyǎngsuǒ)institution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
- 療養院 /疗养院 (liáoyǎngyuàn)institution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
Czech sanatorium, ozdravovna
- sanatoriuminstitution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
- ozdravovnainstitution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
Danish sanatorium
- sanatoriuminstitution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
Dutch sanatorium
- sanatoriuminstitution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
Esperanto sanatorio
- sanatorioinstitution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
Estonian sanatoorium
- sanatooriuminstitution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
Finnish parantola, sairashuone
- parantolainstitution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
- sairashuoneinstitution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
- sanatorioinstitution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
French sanatorium
- sanatoriuminstitution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
German Sanatorium
- Sanatoriuminstitution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
Greek σανατόριο, θεραπευτήριο
- σανατόριο (sanatório)institution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
- θεραπευτήριο (therapeftírio)institution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
Hebrew סָנָטוֹרְיוּם
- סָנָטוֹרְיוּם (sanatorium)institution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
Hindi आरोग्यआश्रम, आरोग्य-शाला
- आरोग्यआश्रम (ārogyaāśram)institution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
- आरोग्य-शाला (ārogya-śālā)institution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
- सेहतगाह (sehatgāh)institution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
Hungarian szanatórium
- szanatóriuminstitution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
Icelandic heilsuhæli
- heilsuhæliinstitution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
Indonesian sanatorium
- sanatoriuminstitution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
Italian sanatorio
- sanatorioinstitution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
Japanese 療養所, サナトリウム
- 療養所 (ryōyōsho)institution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
- サナトリウム (sanatoriumu)institution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
- 保養院 (hoyōin)institution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
Korean 요양소, 료양소
- 요양소 (yoyangso)institution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
- 료양소 (ryoyangso)institution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
- 요양원 (yoyang'won)institution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
- 휴양소 (hyuyangso)institution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
- 새너토리엄 (saeneotorieom)institution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
Latvian sanatorija
- sanatorijainstitution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
Lithuanian sanatorija
- sanatorijainstitution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
Malay sanatorium
- sanatoriuminstitution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
Māori whare tūroro
- whare tūroroinstitution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
Norwegian Bokmål sanatorium
- sanatoriuminstitution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
Persian آسایشگاه
- آسایشگاه (âsâyešgâh)institution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
Polish sanatorium
- sanatoriuminstitution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
Portuguese sanatório
- sanatórioinstitution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
Russian санато́рий, здра́вница
- санато́рий (sanatórij)institution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
- здра́вница (zdrávnica)institution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
Slovak sanatórium, ozdravovňa
- sanatóriuminstitution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
- ozdravovňainstitution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
Spanish sanatorio
- sanatorioinstitution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
Swedish sanatorium
- sanatoriuminstitution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
Tagalog pagalingan
- pagalinganinstitution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
Thai สถานพักฟื้น, สถานส่งเสริมสุขภาพ
- สถานพักฟื้นinstitution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
- สถานส่งเสริมสุขภาพinstitution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
Turkish sanatoryum
- sanatoryuminstitution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
Ukrainian санато́рій, оздоро́вниця
- санато́рій (sanatórij)institution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
- оздоро́вниця (ozdoróvnycja)institution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
- здра́вниця (zdrávnycja)institution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
Urdu سینِٹورِیَم
- سینِٹورِیَم (seniṭoriyam)institution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
Welsh iechydfa, sanatoriwm
- iechydfainstitution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
- sanatoriwminstitution that treats chronic diseases and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with sanatorium
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APA
sanatorium. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sanatorium
MLA
“sanatorium.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sanatorium. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sanatorium,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sanatorium.
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