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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