- preventoria
- n. institution for people at risk of exposure to infectious diseases
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
preventoria
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préventorium — [ prevɑ̃tɔrjɔm ] n. m. • 1907; du lat. præventus, d apr. sanatorium ♦ Établissement de cure, où étaient admis des sujets menacés de tuberculose, avant la découverte des antibiotiques. ⇒ aérium. Des préventoriums. ● préventorium nom masculin (de… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Preventorium — A preventorium was an institution or building for patients infected with tuberculosis who did not yet have an active form of the disease. Popular in the early 20th century, preventoria were designed to isolate these patients from uninfected… … Wikipedia
pre|ven|to|ri|um — «PREE vehn TR ee uhm, TOHR », noun, plural to|ri|ums, to|ri|a « TR ee uh, TOHR ». an institution for preventing the spread of a disease, especially tuberculosis, as by the treatment of persons in an incipient stage of the disease or in danger of… … Useful english dictionary
