preventorial

English

Adjective

preventorial (not comparable)

1. (historical) Being or relating to a preventorium.
   • 1907, Nova Scotia. Dept, “Report”, in Public Health, page 35:

     Not only for the adult excluded from work because of his infirmity, but also for the child excluded from the school because of its being tuberculous or predisposed must suitable provision for its cure and education be provided in preventorial and open air schools, the value of which has already been emphasized.

   • 1950, Jane Hagan, The Story of Danville, page 49:

     In 1940, the club built there a preventorial pavilion for children, which functioned until 1946, when it was discontinued and the building used as quarters for the staff.

Derived terms

• estación preventorial