(chiefly historical)an isolation hospital for people with infectious diseases, especially leprosy or plague (主史)疫病院 ■a building (or ship) used for quarantine 检疫站;检疫船 ■a military or prison hospital 军医院,监狱医院
语源
mid 16th cent.: from Italian, diminutive of lazzaro 'beggar', from medieval Latin lazarus (see lazar)