sanatory Meaning, Definition & Usage

San"a*to*ry adjective
Etymology
LL. sanatorius, fr. L. saare to heal. See Sanable.
Definitions
  1. 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.
    ✍ Sanatory and sanitary should not be confounded. Sanatory signifies conducive to health, while sanitary has the more general meaning of pertaining to health.

Webster 1913