What is the meaning of Lazaret?

Synonym of lazaretto

  1. A place reserved for people with infectious diseases (especially leprosy or plague) to live on a long-term basis.
  2. A building such as a hospital, or occasionally a ship, used to isolate sick people to prevent the spread of infectious diseases; a quarantine.
  3. A place at the front of the tweendecks of a merchant ship where provisions are stored.

A place reserved for people with infectious diseases (especially leprosy or plague) to live on a long-term basis.

A building such as a hospital, or occasionally a ship, used to isolate sick people to prevent the spread of infectious diseases; a quarantine.

A place at the front of the tweendecks of a merchant ship where provisions are stored.

a medical facility for people suffering from leprosy or mesel, a lazaret, a medical leprosery

a field hospital

lazaret

lazaretto, lazaret, lazarette (building such as a hospital, or occasionally a ship, used to temporarily isolate sick people to prevent the spread of infectious diseases)

lazaretto, leprosarium, leprosery, leper colony (medical facility specializing in treating contagious diseases, especially leprosy)

lazaret

Source: wiktionary.org