pesthouse
- noun
- /ˈpɛstˌhaʊs/
- Archaic
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pesthouse
- The old pesthouse served as a quarantine facility during the plague.
Examples
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Many old maps mark the location of the former pesthouse by the river.
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During the plague, the city built a pesthouse on the outskirts to contain the sick.
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The novel describes a grim pesthouse where patients were kept away from the healthy population.
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Many patients were treated in the pesthouse in the 1800s.
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In the 19th century, many sailors were sent to a pesthouse to recover from contagious diseases before returning home.
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During an outbreak of cholera, the city set up a pesthouse to isolate the sick and prevent further infections.
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The pesthouse provided care for those suffering from infectious illnesses, keeping them away from the healthy population.
Synonyms
A hospital that keeps people with contagious diseases away from others
A hospital where people with contagious diseases are kept separate
A place where sick people are kept to stop a disease from spreading
A hospital where people with leprosy lived and got care in the past
How Isolated
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Pesthouse breaks into the parts pest and house. Pest used to mean 'plague' or a deadly disease, so a pesthouse was a house where people with infectious sickness were kept apart from healthy people.