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We found 7 dictionaries that define the word lazarets:

General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. lazarets: Merriam-Webster
  2. lazarets: Collins English Dictionary
  3. lazarets: Vocabulary.com
  4. lazarets: Wiktionary
  5. lazarets: Dictionary.com
  6. lazarets: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lazarets: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

(Note: See lazaretto as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (lazaretto)

noun:  (historical)
noun:  A place reserved for people with infectious diseases (especially leprosy or plague) to live on a long-term basis.
noun:  (also figuratively) A building such as a hospital, or occasionally a ship, used to temporarily isolate sick people to prevent the spread of infectious diseases; a quarantine.
noun:  (by extension, nautical) A place at the front of the tweendecks of a merchant ship where provisions are stored.
▸ Also see lazaretto


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