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preventorial

preventorial adjective: being or relating to a preventorium.

Adjective

preventorial (not comparable)

  1. (historical) Being or relating to a preventorium.
    • 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...1907, Nova Scotia. Dept, “Report”, in Public Health, page 35
    • 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.1950, Jane Hagan, The Story of Danville, page 49

Origin of preventorial

From preventorium + -al.

Words formed from preventorial

  • estación preventorial

Questions about preventorial

What does preventorial mean?
Preventorial means being or relating to a preventorium.
What part of speech is preventorial?
Preventorial is an adjective.

Words near preventorial in the dictionary

  1. preventives
  2. preventivist
  3. preventivists
  4. preventor
  5. preventoria
  6. preventorial
  7. preventorium
  8. preventoriums
  9. preventors
  10. preventory
  11. preventral

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