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laz·a·ret·to    Audio Help   [laz-uh-ret-oh] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -tos.
1.a hospital for those affected with contagious diseases, esp. leprosy.
2.a building or a ship set apart for quarantine purposes.
3.Also called glory hole. Nautical. a small storeroom within the hull of a ship, esp. one at the extreme stern.
Also, laz·a·ret, laz·a·rette    Audio Help   [laz-uh-ret] Pronunciation Key.

[Origin: 1540–50; < Upper It (Venetian) lazareto, b. lazzaro lazar and Nazareto popular name of a hospital maintained in Venice by the Church of Santa Maria di Nazaret]
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