leprosarium

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌlɛprə(ʊ)ˈsɛəɹi.əm/    美 /ˌlɛprəˈsɛɹi.əm/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An isolated building or community used to house lepers, usually in permanent quarantine from the rest of society.
    — In the middle of the twelfth century, France had more than 2,000 leprosariums

词形变化

leprosariums plural leprosaria plural

词源

Borrowed from Medieval Latin leprōsārium, from leprōsus (“leprous”) + -ārium (“-ary: building related to”). Doublet of leprosery.
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