preventorial
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Being or relating to a preventorium.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
Etymology
From preventorium + -al.
Phrases
estación preventorial