[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sanatorium \san`ato"rium\, n. nl. see sanatory.
   an establishment for the treatment of the sick; a resort for
   invalids. see sanitarium.
   1913 webster
see also:
sanatory sanitarium 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

sanatorium
     n 1: a hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic
          diseases syn: sanatarium, sanitarium
     2: 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,
        snake pit
see also:
sanatarium sanitarium bedlam booby hatch crazy house cuckoo's nest 
funny farm funny house loony bin madhouse nut house 
nuthouse snake pit 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

37 moby thesaurus words for "sanatorium":
   va hospital, 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,
   veterans hospital, voluntary hospital, ward, well-baby clinic

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