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sanitarium en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌsæn.ɪˈtɛəɹ.i.əm/
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Etymology

Perhaps a blend of sanitary + sanatorium. Coined by John Harvey Kellogg.

Meanings

1. (US, alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of sanatorium.
   alt of sanatorium
   • Treatment in tuberculosis sanitariums at the expense of the public might be warranted. 1954 February 15, Henry E. Michelson, “The Syndrome of Lupus Erythematosus”, in Modern Medicine, volume 22, number 4, Minneapolis, Minn.: Modern Medicine Publications, Inc., page 98:
   • Of all the queer collections of humans outside of a crazy asylum, it seemed to me this sanitarium was the cup winner. […] When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose. 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter V, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
   • [H]e was led away to a private sanitarium for mental disease, while in the newspapers appeared pathetic accounts of his mental breakdown and of the saintliness of his character. 1908 February 19, Jack London, “The Bishop”, in The Iron Heel, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC, page 188:

Forms

wikipedia: John Harvey Kellogg