SANATORY

Etymology

Adjective

sanatory (comparative more sanatory, superlative most sanatory)

producing health; healing or curative

Synonyms

• sanative

Source: Wiktionary


San"a*to*ry, a. Etym: [LL. sanatorius, fr. L. sa to heal. See Sanable.]

Definition: Conducive to health; tending to cure; healing; curative; sanative. Sanatory ordinances for the protection of public health, such as quarantine, fever hospitals, draining, etc. De Quincey.

Note: Sanatory and sanitary should not be confounded. Sanatory signifies conducive to health, while sanitary has the more general meaning of pertaining to health.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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