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lazaretto

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lazaretto /ˌlazəˈrɛtəʊ/

▶noun (pl. lazarettos) historical an isolation hospital for people with infectious diseases, especially leprosy or plague.

– origin C16: from Ital., dimin. of lazzaro ‘beggar’, from med. L. lazarus (see lazar).

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