SANATORIUM

Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pit

(noun) pejorative terms for an insane asylum

sanatorium, sanatarium, sanitarium

(noun) a hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

sanatorium (plural sanatoriums or sanatoria)

An institution that treats chronic diseases, and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence.

Source: Wiktionary


San`a*to"ri*um, n. Etym: [NL. See Sanatory.]

Definition: An establishment for the treatment of the sick; a resort for invalids. See Sanitarium.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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PROSCENIUM

(noun) the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain)


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