| lazar | A person infected with a filthy or pestilential disease; a leper. "Like loathsome lazars, by the hedges lay." (Spenser) Lazar house a lazaretto; also, a hospital for quarantine. Origin: OF. Lazare, fr. Lazarus the beggar. Luke xvi. 20. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| lazaretto | A public building, hospital, or pesthouse for the reception of diseased persons, particularly those affected with contagious diseases. Origin: F. Lazaret, or It. Lazzeretto, fr. Lazarus. See Lazar. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lazarine leprosy | An acute form occurring in pure diffuse lepromatous leprosy presenting irregularly shaped, intensely erythematous, tender plaques, especially of the legs, with tendency to ulceration and scarring. Synonym: lazarine leprosy, Lucio's leprosy phenomenon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lazarite | One of the Congregation of the Priests of the Mission, a religious institute founded by Vincent de Paul in 1624, and popularly called Lazarists or Lazarites from the College of St. Lazare in Paris, which was occupied by them until 1792. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lazarwort | <botany> Laserwort. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |