to place under quarantine
1quarantine — [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 …
2quarantine — 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 …
3Quarantine — 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,… …
4quarantine — I. noun Etymology: partly modification of French quarantaine, from Old French, from quarante forty, from Latin quadraginta, from quadra (akin to quattuor four) + ginta (akin to viginti twenty); partly modification of Italian quarantena quarantine …
5quarantine — 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) …
6Quarantine — 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… …
7Taiwan under Japanese rule — (Taiwan, Empire of Japan) 台灣日治時期 (大日本帝國臺灣) Annexed dependency of the Empire of Japan …
8Council of Keewatin — Type Type Unicameral Timeline Established …
9Severe acute respiratory syndrome — SARS redirects here. For other uses, see SARS (disambiguation). Further information: Progress of the SARS outbreak Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Classification and external resources SARS coronavirus (SARS CoV) is causative of the syndrome …
10Timor Sea Treaty — Formally known as the Timor Sea Treaty between the Government of East Timor and the Government of Australia was signed between Australia and East Timor in Dili, East Timor on May 20, 2002, the day East Timor attained its independence from United… …
