lazaret

noun4

1. •
   (historical) A place reserved for people with infectious diseases (especially leprosy or plague) to live on a long-term basis.

   • I woke the next morning in a lazaret, a long, high-ceilinged room where we, the sick, the injured, lay upon narrow beds. — 1980
2. •
   (historical) A building such as a hospital, or occasionally a ship, used to isolate sick people to prevent the spread of infectious diseases; a quarantine.

   • The liver is the lazaret of bile, / But very rarely executes its function — 1819
3. •
   Synonym of lazaretto.
4. •
   A place at the front of the tweendecks of a merchant ship where provisions are stored.