sanitarium
Rest cure facility
A sanitarium is a facility for treating chronic illness, especially tuberculosis or mental disorders.
The word evokes an earlier era when patients were sent to remote locations for rest cures, fresh air, and isolation: The doctor recommended six months at a sanitarium in the mountains.
Also spelled sanatorium, with the same meaning.
Post-illness healing phase
- recuperationGradual return to health
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- cureTreatment that heals
remission · restoration · wellness · mending · treatment · therapy · medicine · remedy
Medical treatment facility
- clinicOutpatient treatment facility
- infirmaryFacility for treating illness
- hospiceTerminal illness comfort program
- asylumShelter from persecution
institution · ward · dispensary · spa · bathhouse · lazaretto
Place of safety
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
- havenShelter from danger
- asylumShelter from persecution
- escapeFlight from captivity
hideaway · shelter · oasis · seclusion · countryside · seaside · alpine · remote
Of mental health treatment
- asylumShelter from persecution
- neurastheniaWeakness from depleted nerves
- mental-illnessCondition affecting psychological wellbeing
- institutionalizationEstablishing as norm or standard
commitment · patients · attendants · nurses · doctors · treatment · therapy · evaluation
Isolation preventing disease transmission
- seclusionVoluntary withdrawal from society
- confinementState of being restricted
- segregationForced separation by group
- separationState of being apart
withdrawal · enclosure · sequestration · detachment · cloistered · restricted · containment · removal
Peaceful stillness or calm
- tranquilityUndisturbed peacefulness
- relaxationState of being unwound
- quietudeState of calm stillness
- peaceFreedom from disturbance
serenity · respite · bedrest · leisure · downtime · recuperative · slumber · dormitory
convalescence
Post-illness healing phase
- recuperationGradual return to health
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
cure · remission · restoration · wellness · mending · treatment · therapy · medicine · remedy · rejuvenation
hospital
Medical treatment facility
- clinicOutpatient treatment facility
- infirmaryFacility for treating illness
- hospiceTerminal illness comfort program
asylum · institution · ward · dispensary · spa · bathhouse · lazaretto
refuge
Place of safety
escape · hideaway · shelter · oasis · seclusion · countryside · seaside · alpine · remote · secluded
psychiatric
Of mental health treatment
- asylumShelter from persecution
- neurastheniaWeakness from depleted nerves
- mental-illnessCondition affecting psychological wellbeing
institutionalization · commitment · patients · attendants · nurses · doctors · treatment · therapy · evaluation · observation
quarantine
Isolation preventing disease transmission
- seclusionVoluntary withdrawal from society
- confinementState of being restricted
- segregationForced separation by group
separation · withdrawal · enclosure · sequestration · detachment · cloistered · restricted · containment · removal · institutionalization
repose
Peaceful stillness or calm
- tranquilityUndisturbed peacefulness
- relaxationState of being unwound
- quietudeState of calm stillness
peace · serenity · respite · bedrest · leisure · downtime · recuperative · slumber · dormitory · grounds
consumption
Using up of resources
- TBLarge digital capacity unit
- pulmonaryOf the lungs
- respiratoryRelated to breathing organs
patients · invalids · sufferers · Victorian · Edwardian · historical · sanitoria · altitude · Swiss
- hospitalshospital, ER, emergency room, ICU, operating room
- care facilitieshospital, clinic, medical center, health center, rehabilitation center
- Euphemismspass away, passed away, passed on, expecting, with child
- asylumsinsane asylum, lunatic asylum, madhouse, mental institution, psychiatric hospital
- German MedicinePaul Ehrlich, germ theory, aspirin, Bayer, Merck
- psychiatric facilitiespsychiatric hospital, mental hospital, mental institution, psychiatric facility, psychiatric ward
sanitariumgymnasium
Indoor athletic facility
fitness center · health club · sports academy · training camp · wellness retreat
sanitariumnightclub
Evening entertainment venue
casino · amusement park · dance hall · disco · carnival
sanitariumprison
Confinement for offenders
penitentiary · jail · dungeon · labor camp · gulag