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quar·an·tine
 (kwôr   n-t  n  , kw  r -)
KEY
NOUN:
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- A period of time during which a vehicle, person, or material suspected of carrying a contagious disease is detained at a port of entry under enforced isolation to prevent disease from entering a country.
- A place for such detention.
- Enforced isolation or restriction of free movement imposed to prevent the spread of contagious disease.
- A condition of enforced isolation.
- A period of 40 days.
TRANSITIVE VERB:
quar·an·tined
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quar·an·tin·ing
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quar·an·tines
- To isolate in or as if in quarantine.
- To isolate politically or economically.
ETYMOLOGY:
Italian quarantina, from quaranta (giorni), forty (days), from Latin quadr gint; see kwetwer- in Indo-European roots
OTHER FORMS:
quaran·tina·ble
(Adjective)
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