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Noun Concept
Categories: Isolation (health care), Leper colonies, Articles with short description, History of medieval medicine, Leprosy
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lazaretto  lazaret  lazarette  lazar house  pesthouse
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A pest house, plague house, pesthouse or fever shed was a type of building used for persons afflicted with communicable diseases such as tuberculosis, cholera, smallpox or typhus. Wikipedia
A leper colony, also known by many other names, is an isolated community for the quarantining and treatment of lepers, people suffering from leprosy. Wikipedia
A lazaretto or lazaret is a quarantine station for maritime travellers. Wikipedia
Military or maritime quarantine station Wikidata
Building used for persons afflicted with communicable diseases Wikidata
A place where leprous people are isolated from the rest of the population. OmegaWiki
A place to quarantine patients with leprosy or other communicable illnesses. Wiktionary
A ship or building used for quarantine. Wiktionary
A place where sufferers of leprosy could live in quarantine to avoid spreading the disease. Wiktionary
Place of quarantine for lepers. Wiktionary (translation)
An establishment which provides shelter and/or care to sufferers of pestilence or other contagious infections. Wiktionary