pesthole

• Substantivo que designa um lugar que é foco de doenças epidêmicas ou fonte de infecção e sujeira.

A noun referring to a place that is a breeding ground for epidemic disease or a source of infection and filth.

1. Breeding ground for diseaseC1formalmedical

   A place or area that is a source or breeding ground for epidemic diseases, often due to unsanitary conditions.

   Foco de doenças

   • The overcrowded slum was described as a pesthole by health officials.
   • During the outbreak, the authorities quarantined the pesthole to contain the infection.
   • The abandoned building had become a pesthole, infested with rats and insects.

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