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Sanitarium

British pronunciation/sˌænɪtˈe‍əɹi‍əm/
American pronunciation/sˌænɪtˈɛɹiəm/
Sanitarium
[NOUN]
1

an establishment or facility that treats people who have a chronic illness

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Examples
1He called it a sanitarium.
2And a lot of people with bad stomachs would come to the sanitarium.
3The sanitarium was filled with devices that would shake, vibrate, slap, and even beat patients to various ends.
4I mean, he died a poor man in a sanitarium for mentally ill people.
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