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PESTHOUSE
lazaretto, lazaret, lazarette, lazar house, pesthouse
(noun) hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
pesthouse (plural pesthouses)
An establishment which provides shelter and/or care to sufferers of pestilence or other contagious infections
Anagrams
• espouseth, housepets, phoetuses, phÅ“tuses
Source: Wiktionary
Pest`house", n.
Definition: A house or hospital for persons who are infected with any pestilential disease.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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