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Definitions: Sanatorium |
SanatoriumNoun1. A hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases. 2. Pejorative terms for an insane asylum. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "sanatorium" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1897. (references) |
Etymology: Sanatorium \San`a*to"ri*um\, noun. [New Latin expression. See Sanatory.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Medicine | This category applies to all those institutions partially or wholly devoted to the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis. Source: European Union. (references) |
| An establishment for the treatment of persons suffering from chronic diseases, mental as well as physical. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: SanatoriumSynonyms: booby hatch (n), crazy house (n), cuckoo's nest (n), funny farm (n), funny house (n), loony bin (n), madhouse (n), nut house (n), nuthouse (n), sanatarium (n), sanitarium (n), snake pit (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Remedy | Hotel des Invalides; sanatorium, spa, pump room, well; hospice; Red Cross. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Sanatorium |
| Specialty definitions using "sanatorium": CHRISTIAN SCIENCE NURSE ♦ in-patient health care. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Sanatorium" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (sanatorium, sanitarium), Czech (clinic, nursing home, sanatorium, sanitarium), French (sanatorium, sanitarium), German (sanatorium, sanitarium), Indonesian (sanatorium), Swedish (sanatorium, sanitarium). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | In fact I was on my way to a sanatorium to convalesce when a native scout told me a curious story. (Ravenous; writing credit: Ted Griffin) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Sanatorium pod klepsydra (1973) Dr. Zippy Opens a Sanatorium (1916) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Tents for Consumptives, Fort Stanton Sanatorium.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Tent occupied by consumptive medical officer, Fort Stanton Sanatorium.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Westbrook Sanatorium, Richmond, VA. : Interior view of recreation center.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Mowat Sanatorium, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. : Exterior view.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Municipal Sanatorium, Otisville, N.Y. : Exterior view- Women's Unit.Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| "Sanatorium" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Sanatorium" is used about 62 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 62 | 42,755 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "sanatorium": school-sanatorium. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
sanatorium | 52 |
sanatorium sarahs | 8 |
ambulance sanatorium | 7 |
sanatorium summer | 3 |
sanatorium ms | 3 |
metallica sanatorium | 2 |
sanatorium tour | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "sanatorium"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | sanatorium (sanitarium). (various references) | |
Arabic | منتجع (resort, rest home, rest house, sanitarium, spa), مصحة (sanitarium). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | санаториум (sanitarium). (various references) | |
Czech | sanatorium (clinic, nursing home, sanitarium), ozdravovna (convalescent home, sanitarium). (various references) | |
Danish | sanatorium. (various references) | |
Dutch | sanatorium (convalescent home, hospital, medical institution), herstellingsoord (convalescent home, hospital, medical institution, recreation locality, recreation place). (various references) | |
Farsi | اسایشگاه (Nest), بیمارستان مسلولین . (various references) | |
French | sanatorium (sanitarium). (various references) | |
German | Sanatorium (sanitarium), Heilanstalt (hospital, medical institution, mental home, nursing home). (various references) | |
Greek | σανατόριο (sanitarium), ιατρείο (consulting room, dispensary, infirmary, sanitarium, surgery), νοσοκομείο (clinic, hospital, hospital clinic, hospital institution, infirmary, medical institution), θεραπευτικά ιδρύματα, θεραπευτήριο (hospital, medical institution, sanitarium). (various references) | |
Hebrew | בית מר'וע (resthouse), בית ופש. (various references) | |
Hungarian | szanatórium (convalescent hospital, nursing home, rest home, sanitaria, sanitarium). (various references) | |
Indonesian | sanatorium. (various references) | |
Italian | sanatorio (sanitarium). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 療養所 , サイン曲線 (ca et la, commercial jingle, saccharin, sack, sack dress, sacrifice, sacrifice bunt, sacrifice fly, saddle, sadism, sadist, sadistic, sado, sadomasochism, Sahara, sanitary, sanitary napkin, sash, Saskatchewan, Satan, satellite, satellite computer, satellite office, satellite station, satellite studio, satin, satisfaction, Saturday night special, Saturn, Saudi, Saudi Arabia, sauna, sax, saxophone, sine curve, sinusoid, skirt with suspender, soccer, soccer coach, sound, sound box, sound business, sound effects, sound logo, sound man, soundinterface, soundtrack, South Carolina, South Dakota, Southern Cross, southpaw, success, success story, sudden death, suggest, suggestion, suspend, suspended game, suspenders, suspense, suspense drama, suspension, sustaining program, Thousand Island), 保養院 , 保養所 (rest home). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ほようしょ (rest home), ほようい", ほようじょ (rest home), りょうようしょ, りょうようじょ, サナトリウ . (various references) | |
Manx | thie slaanaghey, thie lheihys (hospital). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | anatoriumsay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | sanatório (rest, sanitarium). (various references) | |
Romanian | sanatoriu, infirmerie (infirmary, sick-ward). (various references) | |
Russian | санаторий (halfway house, health farm, sanatoria, sanitaria, sanitarium, sanitoria, sanitorium). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | sanatorijum, lečilište (health resort), banja (resort, spa). (various references) | |
Spanish | sanatorio (sanitarium). (various references) | |
Swedish | vilohem (sanitarium), kuranstalt (sanitarium). (various references) | |
Thai | โรงพยาบาลสำหรับผู้เป็นโรคเรื้อรัง. (various references) | |
Turkish | sanatoryum (sanitarium), temiz havalı yer (sanitarium), revir (bay, infirmary, sick bay, sick berth, sickroom). (various references) | |
Turkmen | sanatoriяa (r) (resort). (various references) | |
Ukranian | ізолятор (infirmary, insulator, isolator, non conductor, quarantine), санаторій (sanitarium), курорт. (various references) | |
Welsh | iechydfa. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "sanatorium": sanatoriums. (additional references) | |
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"Sanatorium" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sanatory, Sanatrem, sanctorium, sanitorium, santonian, snatorium. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "sanatorium" (pronounced 'San`a*to"ri*um'): Abandum, Absinthium, Acetabulum, Aconitum, Acrodactylum, Acropodium, Acrotarsium, Acroterium, Actinium, Addendum, Adiantum, Adytum, AEcidium, Agendum, Ageratum, Alabastrum, Alarum, Album, Alburnum, Alcyonium, Allium, Allodium, Alluvium, Aluminium, Aluminum, Ambulacrum, Amentum, Ammonium, Amoebaeum, Amomum, Amphibium, Anacardium, Androecium, Animalculum, Antependium, Antheridium, Anthodium, Antibrachium, Anticlinorium, Antrum, Apodyterium, Apothecium, Aquarium, Arachnidium, Arboretum, Arcanum, Archegonium, Archipterygium, Argentalium, arum, Ascidiarium, Ascidium, Aspersorium, Asylum, Auchenium, Auditorium, Aurum, Bacterium, Ballium, barium, Basidium, Basigynium, Basipterygium, Bdellium, Begum, Bivium, Brachium, Brontotherium, Brontozoum, Bryozoum, Bucranium, Bungarum, Cadmium, Caecum, Caesium, Caladium, Calamistrum, Calcaneum, Calcium, Calistheneum, Callosum, Cambium, Candelabrum, Capitulum, Carborundum, Caseum, Castoreum, Celtium, Centrum, Cephalanthium, Cerebellum, Cerebrum, Cerium, Ceruleum, Cheiropterygium, Cheirotherium, Chloralum, Chromium, Chrysanthemum, Ciborium, Cingulum, Claustrum, Clinanthium, Clum, Coagulum, Coccobacterium, Coelum, Coenoecium, Colchicum, Colleterium, Collodium, Collum, Collyrium, Colostrum, Columbarium, Columbium, Cometarium, Compendium, Compluvium, Conidium, Conium, Conjugium, Contagium, Conundrum, Corallum, Corniculum, Coronium, Corrigendum, Corundum, Cranium, Credendum, Cribellum, Crincum, Crincum-crancum, Crinum, Crissum, Crotalum, cuprum, Curriculum, Cymatium, Cymbium, Cynarrhodium, Cypripedium, damnum, Datum, Davyum, Decennium, Decipium, Decorum, Degum, Deinotherium, Deliquium, Delirium, Deltidium, Dentalium, Depositum, Desideratum, Diacodium, Dianium, Dictum, Didymium, Digitorium, Diluvium, Diverticulum, Doliolum, Dolium, Dorsum, Dromatherium, Duodenum, dysprosium, Eardrum, Ecballium, Ecthoreum, Ectobronchium, Ectropium, Effluvium, Ekaluminium, Elaterium, Elysium, Emporium, Encomium, Endocardium, Endometrium, Endomysium, Endoneurium, Endophloeum, Endosteum, Endothecium, Endothelium, Enrheum, Entobronchium, Entropium, Ephippium, Epicardium, Epicedium, Epicleidium, Epicranium, Epigastrium, Epineurium, Epiphyllum, Epipodium, Episternum, Epithalamium, Epithelium, Equilibrium, Equisetum, Erratum, Erythronium, Eulogium, Eupatorium, Euphonium, Euphorbium, europium, Excubitorium, Exogium, Exordium, Exothecium, Factotum, Factum, Fee-faw-fum, Figgum, Flabellum, flagellum, folium, forum, Fraenulum, Fretum, Frigidarium, frustum, fulcrum, fum, Fumatorium, Furculum, Garum, Gelsemium, Geranium, Germarium, Gigerium, Glabellum, Glaum, Glochidium, Glucinum, Gnaphalium, Gnathidium, Gonoblastidium, Gossypium, Grum, Guiacum, Gymnasium, gynoecium, Gypsum, Habendum, Hamatum, harmonium, harum-scarum, Haum, Haustellum, haustorium, Helichrysum, Hemicerebrum, Herbarium, Hesperidium, Hibernaculum, hilum, holmium, hoodlum, hordeolum, Hormogonium, Hospitium, Hummum, hydrargyrum, Hydroperitoneum, Hydrophyllium, hymenium, Hypanthium, Hypericum, Hypnum, hypochondrium, Hypocleidium, Hypodactylum, Hypogastrium, Hypogeum, Hypoptilum, Ichthyopterygium, Illicium, Ilmenium, Imperium, Impluvium, Incertum, Incunabulum, indecorum, indium, indusium, infundibulum, Interambulacrum, Intercentrum, Interoperculum, INTERREGNUM, Intervallum, Involucellum, Ionidium, iridium, jejunum, jorum, Jugulum, Jugum, Juramentum, Kalium, kettledrum, Korrigum, Labarum, Labellum, labium, Labrum, Laburnum, Lactucarium, ladanum, lanthanum, Larum, Latibulum, laudanum, Lavoesium, linoleum, Linum, Lithargyrum, lithium, Lixivium, Lum, lustrum, lutecium, lyceum, Lycopodium, Lygodium, Macrosporangium, Madisterium, magnesium, magnum, Manganesium, Manganium, manubrium, Marrubium, mausoleum, Meconidium, meconium, meerschaum, memorandum, Menstruum, mentum, Mercurammonium, Mesembryanthemum, Mesoarium, Mesobronchium, Mesocaecum, Mesogastrium, Mesometrium, Mesonotum, Mesophloeum, Mesophyllum, Mesopodium, Mesopterygium, Mesorchium, Mesorectum, Mesoscutum, Mesosternum, mesothelium, Mesothorium, mesovarium, Mesymnicum, Metalammonium, Metanotum, Metapodium, Metapterygium, Meum, Microsporangium, millennium, minimum, minium, Minum, modicum, molluscum, molybdenum, momentum, Monopodium, moratorium, Multum, museum, mutandum, Mycelium, Myocardium, Nasturtium, Natatorium, Natrium, Nemathecium, Nephridium, neptunium, Neuropodium, Nitroleum, norium, Norwegium, Nostrum. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-i-m-n-o-r-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: animators. | |
-2 letters: amiantus, animator, manitous, martians, natriums, naturism, rainouts, romaunts, tamarins, timaraus, tinamous. | |
-3 letters: amorist, amounts, amritas, animato, anosmia, antiars, antrums, anurias, aroints, artisan, atriums, automan, manitos, manitou, manitus, mantras, mantuas, marinas, martian, martins, matrons, natrium, nitrous, nostrum, nutrias, oarsman, outmans, rainout, rations, romaunt, samurai, santour, saurian, sautoir, stamina, tamarin, tamaris, timarau, tinamou, tourism, transom, traumas, tsarina, tsunami, unsmart, untrims, uranias, uranism. | |
-4 letters: airman, amnios, amount, amours, amrita, amusia, animas, animus, antiar, antrum, anuria, aorist, aortas, arista, aristo, aroint, aromas, arsino, asarum, atmans, atrium, aurist, autism, inarms, inmost, instar, intros, manats, manias, manito, manitu, manors, mantas, mantis, mantra, mantua, marina, martin, matins, matron, miaous, minors, monist, mounts, mourns, mutons, nairas, nitros, norias, nutria, ostium, outman, outran, outsin, ramous, ramson, ransom, ratans, ration, ratios, riatas, rimous, romans, ruanas, rumina, rutins, santir, santur, satori, somata, sonata, souari, strain, stroma, struma, suitor, tamari, tarsia, tiaras, tomans, trains, trauma, tronas, truism, tumors, unarms, untrim, urania. | |
-5 letters: airns, airts, amain, amias, amino, amins, amirs, amnia, amnio, amort, amour, anima, anoas, antas, antis, antra, aorta, arias, aroma, arson, arums, astir, atman, atmas, atoms, atria, aunts, auras, auris, autos, inarm, intro, iotas, irons, maars, mains, mairs, maist, manas, manat, mania, manor, manos, manta, manus, maria, marts, mason, matin, mauts, miaou, minas, minor, mints, minus, moans, moats, moira, moist, monas, moras, morns, morts, mount, mourn, munis, muons, muras, muton, naira, naris, nitro, noirs, nomas, noria, noris, norms, notum, omasa, omits, onium, ornis, ostia, raias, rains, ramus, ranis, rants, ratan, ratio, ratos, riant, riata, riots, roams, roans, roast, roman, rosin, rotas, rotis, roust, routs, ruana, ruins, runts, rutin, saint, santo, saran, sarin, satin, sauna, simar, sitar, smart, snort, snout, sonar, stain, stair, stoai, stoma, storm, stour, stria, strum, suint, sutra, tains, tamis, tarns, taros, tarsi, tiara, tiros, toman, tonus, toras, torsi, torus, tours, train, trams, trans, trims, trios, trois, trona, tumor, tunas, turns, unais, unarm, units. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-i-m-n-o-r-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: maturations, natatoriums, sanatoriums. | |
+2 letters: adumbrations, calumniators, manipulators, masturbation. | |
+3 letters: carcinomatous, diathermanous, manufactories, masturbations, paramountcies, summarization, transmountain, transmutation. | |
+4 letters: argumentations, communitarians, documentarians, matriculations, neuroanatomies, neuroanatomist, perambulations, summarizations, transmutations, ultramontanism. | |
+5 letters: deuteranomalies, neuroanatomists, traumatizations, ultramontanisms, uniformitarians. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 61 6E 61 74 6F 72 69 75 6D |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... .- -. .- - --- .-. .. ..- -- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100001 01101110 01100001 01110100 01101111 01110010 01101001 01110101 01101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S a n a t o r i u m |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0061 006E 0061 0074 006F 0072 0069 0075 006D |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53678067868184758779 |
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