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1. A hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases
   - sanatarium, sanitarium, san [informal]
    
2. Pejorative term for an insane asylum
   - Bedlam [archaic], booby hatch [N. Amer, informal], crazy house [informal], cuckoo's nest [informal], funny farm [informal], funny house [informal], loony bin [informal], madhouse [informal], nut house [informal], nuthouse [informal], bughouse [N. Amer, informal], lunatic asylum
    
3. [Brit] A room for treating sick pupils at a school

Derived forms: sanatoriums, sanatoria

Type of: asylum, hospital, infirmary, insane asylum, institution, mental home, mental hospital, mental institution, psychiatric hospital

Encyclopedia: Sanatorium, Mississippi