quarantine
1quarantine — quar‧an‧tine [ˈkwɒrəntiːn ǁ ˈkwɔː ] noun [uncountable] when an animal or food product is kept apart from others in case it is carrying a disease, especially when it has just entered a country: • The exotic species will be kept in quarantine until …
2Quarantine — 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… …
3Quarantine — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Cuarentena Título Cuarentena Ficha técnica Dirección John Erick Dowdle Música Pilar McCurry Reparto …
4quarantine — 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… …
5Quarantine — 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… …
6Quarantine — Разработчик Imagexcel Издатель GameTek Дата выпуска 1994 Жанры гонки на выживание Платформы MS DOS 3DO PlayStation Sega Saturn …
7quarantine — [n] isolation detention, lazaretto, seclusion, segregation, separation, sequestration; concepts 135,188,388,631 quarantine [v] isolate block off, close off, confine, cordon, detach, insulate, keep apart, remove, restrict, seal off, seclude,… …
8quarantine — ► NOUN ▪ a state or period of isolation for people or animals that have arrived from elsewhere or been exposed to contagious disease. ► VERB ▪ put in quarantine. ORIGIN originally denoting a period of forty days during which a widow who was… …
9quarantine — [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 …
10quarantine — (n.) 1520s, period of 40 days in which a widow has the right to remain in her dead husband s house. Earlier (15c.), desert in which Christ fasted for 40 days, from L. quadraginta forty, related to quattuor four (see FOUR (Cf. four)). Sense of… …
