sanitarium

noun, plural san·i·tar·i·ums, san·i·tar·i·a [san-i-tair-ee-uh] /ˌsæn ɪˈtɛər i ə/.

1. an institution for the preservation or recovery of health, especially for convalescence; health resort.

noun plural -riums or -ria (-rɪə)

1. the US spelling of sanatorium

n.1829, literally “place dedicated to health,” from neuter of Modern Latin *sanitarius, from Latin sanitas “health,” from sanus “healthy; sane” (see sane). Cf. sanatarium. n.

1. sanatorium