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Solarium

Definition: An apartment freely exposed to the sun; anciently, an
apartment or inclosure on the roof of a house; in modern times, an
apartment in a hospital, used as a resort for convalescents.

Solarium

Definition: Any one of several species of handsome marine spiral
shells of the genus Solarium and allied genera. The shell is conical,
and usually has a large, deep umbilicus exposing the upper whorls.
Called also perspective shell.