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sanatory

[ san-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

/ ˈsæn əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /

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adjective

favorable for health; curative; healing.

Origin of sanatory

1825–35; < Late Latin sānātōrius healthful, equivalent to Latin sānā(re) to heal (derivative of sānus sane) + -tōrius -tory¹

Words nearby sanatory

san suu kyi, san`a, sanatana dharma, sanative, sanatorium, sanatory, sanbenito, sanborn, sancerre, sanchez, sancho panza

Example sentences from the Web for sanatory

It is suggested by Samuel12 that under given circumstances the fever may be sanatory.

A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I |Various
That the system of sanatory measures, adopted in Russia, did not any where stop the disease.

Letters on the Cholera Morbus. |James Gillkrest
"Try the sanatory condition of the towns, then, and universal conciliation to Ireland," replied the Economist.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 |Various
The ill effects of the stays in a sanatory point of view have been frequently pointed out, and we hope are now understood.

Dress as a Fine Art |Mary Philadelphia Merrifield

Madeira has long had a high reputation as a sanatory resort for persons suffering from diseases of the chest.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 3 |Various

Medical definitions for sanatory

sanatory

[ săn′ə-tôr′ē ]

adj.

Causing or producing health; curative.