sanitarium

Blend of sanitary +‎ sanatorium. Coined by John Harvey Kellogg.

• IPA^(key): /ˌsæn.ɪˈtɛəɹ.i.əm/

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sanitarium (plural sanitariums or sanitaria)

1. (US) Alternative form of sanatorium
   • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 5, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:

     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.

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