/laz'euh ret"oh/ , n. , pl. lazarettos .
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 . Naut. a small storeroom within the hull of a ship, esp. one at the extreme stern.
Also, lazaret, lazarette /laz'euh ret"/ .
[ 1540-50; lazareto, b. lazzaro LAZAR and Nazareto popular name of a hospital maintained in Venice by the Church of Santa Maria di Nazaret ]