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The name for a building, or part of a building, devoted to the care of the sick is spelled '''sanatorium'''. The sometimes seen '''<s>sanitorium</s>''' is an error. Don't make it!
*Further errors to be avoided are <s>sanatarium</s> and <s>sanitarium</s>.
::::'''''[[etymology|Etymological]] note''''': both spellings (the correct '''sanatorium''' and the incorrect <s>sanitorium</s>) are derived from the [[Latin]] [[adjective]] ''sanus'', 'healthy'; the first via the [[verb]] ''sānāre'' 'to heal', and the second through the [[noun]] ''sānitās'','health'. Both '''sanatorium''' and <s>sanitorium</s> are pronounced with the stress on the third syllable: 'san-it-OWEr-y-um', {{IPA|sæn ə ˈtɔːr ɪ əm}}. [[Pedant]]ic teachers may insist on the [[Latin]] [[plural]]s '''sanatoria''', <s>sanitoria</s>, <s>sanataria</s> and <s>sanitaria</s>. (See further [[-um in Latin]].) But the natural English [[plural]] in '-s-' is perfectly  normal, and to AWE's taste preferable. Use '''sanatoriums'''


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