quarantine

Definition of Quarantine in English :

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Noun

1. quarantine

enforced isolation of patients suffering from a contagious disease in order to prevent the spread of disease

2. quarantine

isolation to prevent the spread of infectious disease

Verb

3. quarantine

place into enforced isolation, as for medical reasons

Example Sentences:
'My dog was quarantined before he could live in England'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Quarantine

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noun

1.

a period of isolation or detention, esp of persons or animals arriving from abroad, to prevent the spread of disease, usually consisting of the maximum known incubation period of the suspected disease

2.

the place or area where such detention is enforced

3.

any period or state of enforced isolation

verb (transitive)

4.

to isolate in or as if in quarantine

5. Australian

to withhold (a portion of a welfare payment) from a person or group of people

Quarantine

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noun

1.

a.

the period, orig. 40 days, during which an arriving vessel suspected of carrying contagious disease is detained in port in strict isolation

b.

the place where such a vessel is stationed

2.

any isolation or restriction on travel or passage imposed to keep contagious diseases, insect pests, etc. from spreading

3.

the state of being quarantined

4.

a place where persons, animals, or plants having contagious diseases, insect pests, etc. are kept in isolation, or beyond which they may not travel

5.

any period of seclusion, social ostracism, etc.

verb transitiveWord forms: ˈquaranˌtined or ˈquaranˌtining

6.

to place under quarantine

7.

to isolate politically, commercially, socially, etc.

Quarantine

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n.

1.

a. A condition, period of time, or place in which a person, animal, plant, vehicle, or amount of material suspected of carrying an infectious agent is kept in confinement or isolated in an effort to prevent disease from spreading.

b. An action resulting in such a condition: the government's quarantine of the animals.

2.

a. An action to isolate another nation, such as a blockade of its ports or a severance of diplomatic or trade relations.

b. The condition of being isolated by such an action.

3. Computers The isolation of data or data transmissions in order to keep viruses, worms, or other malware from infecting a computer or computer network.

tr.v. quar·an·tined, quar·an·tin·ing, quar·an·tines

To isolate in quarantine.

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