癩らい療りょう養よう所じょ

noun

leprosarium; leper colony

Medical term for a facility where people with leprosy (Hansen's disease) were treated or isolated. Historically used, but now often replaced by more modern terms like ハンセン病療養所.

• かつて日本にほんには多おおくの癩らい療りょう養よう所じょがあった。

  There used to be many leprosariums in Japan.

• この地ち域いきの癩らい療りょう養よう所じょは現げん在ざい、博はく物ぶつ館かんとして保ほ存ぞんされている。

  The leprosarium in this area is now preserved as a museum.