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Pesthouse   Listen
noun
Pesthouse  n.  A house or hospital for persons who are infected with any pestilential disease.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Pesthouse" Quotes from Famous Books



... hydropathy[Med]; cold water cure; dietetics; surgery, chirurgery[Med], chirurgy[obs3]; healing art, leechcraft[obs3]; orthopedics, orthopedy[obs3], orthopraxy[obs3]; pediatrics; dentistry, midwifery, obstetrics, gynecology; tocology[obs3]; sarcology[obs3]. hospital, infirmary; pesthouse[obs3], lazarhouse[obs3]; lazaretto; lock hospital; maison de sante[Fr]; ambulance. dispensary; dispensatory[obs3], drug store, pharmacy, apothecary, druggist, chemist. Hotel des Invalides; sanatorium, spa, pump room, well; hospice; Red Cross. doctor, physician, ...
— Roget's Thesaurus

... ventured to ask another favor from mortal man, except the very few in whom she could place entire confidence, such as the pastor of the parish, the Professor of Odd Jobs, and old Jovial. Especially she shunned Nutt's shop as she would have shunned a pesthouse; although this course obliged her to go two miles farther to another village to procure necessaries whenever she had money to ...
— Ishmael - In the Depths • Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth



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