'Sanatorium' definitions:
Definition of 'sanatorium'
(from WordNet)
noun
A hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases [syn: sanatorium, sanatarium, sanitarium]
noun
Pejorative terms for an insane asylum [syn: Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pit]
Definition of 'Sanatorium'
From: GCIDE
- Sanatorium \San`a*to"ri*um\, n. [NL. See Sanatory.] An establishment for the treatment of the sick; a resort for invalids. See Sanitarium. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sanatorium'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- asylum,
- base hospital,
- clinic,
- community hospital,
- convalescent home,
- convalescent hospital,
- evacuation hospital,
- field hospital,
- general hospital,
- home,
- hospital,
- infirmary,
- inpatient clinic,
- maison de sante,
- mental hospital,
- nursing home,
- osteopathic hospital,
- outpatient clinic,
- policlinic,
- polyclinic,
- private hospital,
- proprietary hospital,
- public hospital,
- rest home,
- sanitarium,
- sick bay,
- sickbed,
- sickroom,
- special hospital,
- station hospital,
- surgical hospital,
- teaching hospital,
- VA hospital,
- veterans hospital,
- voluntary hospital,
- ward,
- well-baby clinic