sanitarium
noun
san·i·tar·i·um
| \ ˌsa-nə-ˈter-ē-əm
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plural sanitariums
or sanitaria\ ˌsa-nə-ˈter-ē-ə
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Definition of sanitarium
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Her family sent her to a sanitarium, where the insulin shock treatments were akin to torture. — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE.com, "Zsa Zsa Gabor's Glamorous and Shocking Life: From Nine Husbands to Her Mental Health Battle," 30 July 2019 When the son was 5, epileptic seizures confined his father to a sanitarium and forced him to give up the family’s feed and grain business. — Los Angeles Times, "William Dannemeyer, former O.C. congressman and anti-gay crusader, dies at 89," 15 July 2019 The land has been used as a campground of sorts, off and on, ever since the 1930s when it was first opened as a sanitarium with religious overtones where people would come to dry out before rehabilitation facilities were common. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Like camping, but not the hassle? This Valley Center glamping ranch is for you," 30 June 2019 The yellow-brick Harborview Medical Center, decorated in places with white chevrons and pocked with dollhouse windows, is a gorgeous building, an early-twentieth-century sanitarium overlooking Seattle’s infinite harbor. — Jacqueline Detwiler, Popular Mechanics, "The Heroes of Science Who Are Unlocking the Brain," 3 Oct. 2018 The jury is out on whether sanitariums were effective. — Devin Kelly, Anchorage Daily News, "Meet the city health worker who tracks down tuberculosis patients in Anchorage," 3 July 2018 In downtown Battle Creek stand monuments to the Underground Railroad and to abolitionist and women’s-rights advocate Sojourner Truth, who was treated at the sanitarium and spent the last 26 years of her long life in the city. — Richard Selden, chicagotribune.com, "Battle Creek dishes up cereal — with a side of nostalgia — at breakfast-food bash in June," 22 May 2018 Jarvis fought for full credit for founding Mother’s Day, a battle that consumed much of her time and money and eventually left her poor, blind, and living in a sanitarium at the end of her life. — Grace Donnelly, Fortune, "The History of Mother’s Day: How an Antiwar Protest Became a Commercial Holiday," 11 May 2018 The project to restore the buildings, which were originally used as a tuberculosis sanitarium opened in 1932, could also qualify for federal historic tax credits. — Gregory B. Hladky Ghladky@courant.com, courant.com, "State Asks For Seaside Park Development Proposals," 28 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'sanitarium.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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sanitarium
noun
san·i·tar·i·um
| \ ˌsa-nə-ˈter-ē-əm
\
\
plural sanitariums
or sanitaria\ -ē-ə \
Kids Definition of sanitarium
sanitarium
noun
san·i·tar·i·um
| \ ˌsan-ə-ˈter-ē-əm
\
\
plural sanitariums
or sanitaria\ -ē-ə
\
\
Medical Definition of sanitarium
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