sanatorium.

An institution for prolonged medical treatment or recovery, historically often for tuberculosis.

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• mountain sanatorium

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The mountain sanatorium stood above the trees.

Patients rested on the sanatorium’s terraces.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting. Forms: Singular sanatorium; plural sanatoriums. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.