leprosarium

n. 麻疯病院 [医] 麻风病院

发音

UK /ˌlɛprə(ʊ)ˈsɛəɹi.əm/
US /ˌlɛprəˈsɛɹi.əm/

词形变化

leprosaria leprosariums 复数 leprosariums leprosaria 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 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

词源

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

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