place in quarantine

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• quarantine — [kwôr′ən tēn, kwär′ən tēn΄] n. [It quarantina, lit., space of forty days < quaranta, forty < L quadraginta < base of quattuor,FOUR] 1. a) the period, orig. 40 days, during which an arriving vessel suspected of carrying contagious disease …   English World dictionary

• quarantine — n. 1) to impose, institute a quarantine 2) to lift a quarantine 3) strict quarantine 4) in, under quarantine (to place under quarantine) * * * [ kwɒrəntiːn] institute a quarantine under quarantine (to place under quarantine) in strict quarantine …   Combinatory dictionary

• quarantine — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. detention, detainment, restraint, confinement, seclusion, segregation, sequestration, isolation; cordon sanitaire. v. t. detain, segregate, separate, isolate, sequester. See exclusion. II (Roget s IV) …   English dictionary for students

• quarantine —   n. time for which, and place where, ships, persons or animals suspected of infection are isolated; v.t. place in quarantine …   Dictionary of difficult words

• Quarantine — Quar an*tine, n. [F. quarantaine, OF. quaranteine, fr. F. quarante forty, L. quadraginta, akin to quattuor four, and E. four: cf. It. quarantina, quarentine. See {Four}, and cf. {Quadragesima}.] 1. A space of forty days; used of Lent. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Quarantine flag — Quarantine Quar an*tine, n. [F. quarantaine, OF. quaranteine, fr. F. quarante forty, L. quadraginta, akin to quattuor four, and E. four: cf. It. quarantina, quarentine. See {Four}, and cf. {Quadragesima}.] 1. A space of forty days; used of Lent.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• quarantine — I noun confinement, custody, detachment, medical segregation, period of detention, period of isolation, restraint of movement, sanitary cordon, seclusion, segregation, separation, strict isolation II index captivity, confine, constraint… …   Law dictionary

• Quarantine — Quar an*tine , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quarantined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Quarantining}.] To compel to remain at a distance, or in a given place, without intercourse, when suspected of having contagious disease; to put under, or in, quarantine. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• quarantine station — place where someone or something is held in isolation until it is certain they carry no diseases or other contaminants …   English contemporary dictionary

• quarantine — quarantinable, adj. quarantiner, n. /kwawr euhn teen , kwor , kwawr euhn teen , kwor /, n., v., quarantined, quarantining. n. 1. a strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease. 2. a period, originally 40 days, of detention or… …   Universalium

• Quarantine — The period of isolation decreed to control the spread of infectious disease. Before the era of antibiotics, quarantine as one of the few available means for halting the spread of infectious diseases. It is still employed as needed, for example,… …   Medical dictionary