避ひ病びょう院いん

noun

isolation hospital

Historical term for a hospital or facility used to isolate patients with infectious diseases; now largely replaced by terms like 感染症指定医療機関.

• 明めい治じ時じ代だい、コレラが流りゅう行こうしたとき、避ひ病びょう院いんが各かく地ちに設もうけられた。

  During the Meiji era, when cholera was prevalent, isolation hospitals were set up in various places.