leprosário

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leprosário

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(Morfologia) leproso + -ário

noun

  1. instituição médica histórica que era usada para o tratamento e isolamento de pacientes com hanseníase, também conhecida como lepra

Similar: leprosaria, lazareto, hospital-colônia

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In English

  • leprosery building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony
  • leper colony isolated community of lepers — see also leprosery

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@misc{leprosa_rio_2026,
  title = {leprosário},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pt/lepros%C3%A1rio},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}