Usually means: Hospital for treating leprosy patients.
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  1. leprosarium: Merriam-Webster
  2. leprosarium: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. leprosarium: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. leprosarium: Collins English Dictionary
  5. leprosarium: Wordnik
  6. leprosarium: Wiktionary
  7. leprosarium: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. leprosarium: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. leprosarium: Dictionary.com
  10. Leprosarium: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. leprosarium: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  12. leprosarium: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. leprosarium: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. leprosarium: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. leprosarium: Medical dictionary

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▸ noun:  An isolated building or community used to house lepers, usually in permanent quarantine from the rest of society.

Similar:
leprosery, leper colony, lazar house, lazaretto, lazaret, lazarhouse, lazar-house, lock hospital, quarantine, preventorium, more...

Opposite:
health center, hospital, clinic

Adjectives:
national, first, new, large, federal, local, only, modern, medieval, old, nearby

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Similar:
leprosery, leper colony, lazar house, lazaretto, lazaret, lazarhouse, lazar-house, lock hospital, quarantine, preventorium, more...

Opposite:
health center, hospital, clinic

Adjectives:
national, first, new, large, federal, local, only, modern, medieval, old, nearby



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