SANATORY

San″a‐to‐ry (?), a. [[LL. sanatorius, fr. L. sanare to heal. See Sanable.]] 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.