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leprosarium
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lep·ro·sar·i·um (lpr-sâr-m)
n. pl. lep·ro·sar·i·ums or lep·ro·sar·i·a (--)
A hospital for the treatment of leprosy.
leprosarium
[lep′rōser′ē·əm]
Etymology: Gk, lepra, leprosy
a hospital for persons who have leprosy.
leprosarium [lep″ro-sar´e-um]
a hospital or colony for treatment and isolation of patients with leprosy.
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arrived in the Congo at the beginning of January 1892 it would be to continue their specialist tasks of both teaching and nursing, focusing on medical care for the white colonials, but also educating Congolese women and orphaned children and later working in the mission hospitals and leprosariums.
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Even in modern times, treatment has often occurred in separate hospitals and live-in colonies called leprosariums because of the stigma of the disease.
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