Category:Sanatory

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

Defn: 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.