sanatoriums

noun

variants or sanatoria or sanitariums or sanitaria also sanitoriums or sanitoria
plural of sanatorium
as in hospitals

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  1. hospitals
  2. hospices
  3. infirmaries
  4. clinics
Noun
  • Horrific news stories about hospitals making choices about who received treatment began to shape her story.
    — Felicia Feaster, AJC.com, 27 July 2026
  • Coover’s campaign focuses primarily on agriculture, the economy and sustaining rural hospitals.
    — Freddrell Green, Kansas City Star, 27 July 2026
Definition of hospitals
Noun
  • That's why she's partnered with Baker's team and other Bay Area hospitals, hospices and medical centers through The Holding Co.
    — Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 20 July 2026
  • The vice president and other officials have downplayed evidence of collateral damage in their crackdown on fraudulent hospices.
    — Isaac Arnsdorf, Washington Post, 15 June 2026
Definition of hospices
Noun
  • What's more, some travel insurance companies don’t cover visits to ship infirmaries.
    — Kelsey Glennon, Travel + Leisure, 18 May 2026
  • Nor are they provided with their own sets of keys to access infirmaries, clinics, housing units and psych wards.
    — Mary Buser, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2026
Definition of infirmaries
Noun
  • The Alzheimer’s Research Association also notes that experts at memory clinics or specialized care settings should administer the test and interpret results alongside other clinical information.
    — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 25 July 2026
  • The organization adds that Alzheimer’s experts at memory clinics or specialized care settings should administer the test, and results should be evaluated alongside memory and neurologic test results.
    — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2026
Definition of clinics
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