sanatorium
sa·na·to·rium
noun
1.
a hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases
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.
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