pest house









pest house


pesthouse [pest-hous] WORD ORIGIN noun, plural pest·hous·es [pest-hou-ziz] /ˈpɛstˌhaʊ zɪz/. a house or hospital for persons infected with pestilential disease. Liberaldictionary.com

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  • Origin of pesthouse First recorded in 1605–15; pest + house Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 British Dictionary definitions for pest house pesthouse noun obsolete a hospital for treating persons with infectious diseasesAlso called: lazaretto Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 pest house in Medicine pest house n. A hospital for patients affected with plague or other infectious disease. The American Heritage® Stedman’s Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.

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