lazarette

• Historischer Begriff für ein Krankenhaus oder eine Quarantänestation, insbesondere für Menschen mit ansteckenden Krankheiten wie Lepra.

A historical term for a hospital or quarantine station, especially one for people suffering from infectious diseases such as leprosy.

1. Quarantine hospitalC2formalmedical

   A hospital or shelter for people suffering from contagious diseases, especially leprosy, often located in isolation.

   Quarantänekrankenhaus

   • The village had a lazarette where lepers were cared for.
   • During the plague, patients were sent to the lazarette outside town.
   • The old lazarette now serves as a museum.
   • Sailors with fever were isolated in the ship's lazarette.

   Synonymelazaretlazarettopesthouse