sanatorium

noun

An institution for the treatment of chronic diseases or for medically supervised recuperation.

noun

A resort for improvement or maintenance of health, especially for convalescents.

noun

A place to which people go for the sake of health; a locality to which people resort to regain health; also, a house, hotel, or medical institution in such a locality, designed to accommodate invalids: specifically applied to military stations on the mountains or tablelands of tropical countries, with climates suited to the health of Europeans.

noun

A hospital, usually a private hospital for the treatment of patients who are not beyond the hope of cure.

noun

An establishment for the treatment of the sick; a resort for invalids. See sanitarium.

noun

an institution that treats chronic diseases, and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence

noun

a hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases

noun

pejorative terms for an insane asylum