quarantined

quar·an·tine

 (kwôr′ən-tēn′, kwŏr′-)

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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[Italian quarantena, from Venetian dialectal Italian, quarantine of a ship (so called because the length of the quarantine was typically forty days), from Old Italian quarantina, period of forty days (such as one designated for fasting or penance), from quaranta, forty, from Latin quadrāgintā; see k^wetwer- in Indo-European roots.]

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quar′an·tin′a·ble adj.

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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

quarantined - under forced isolation especially for health reasons; "a quarantined animal"; "isolated patients" isolated segregated, unintegrated - separated or isolated from others or a main group; "a segregated school system"; "a segregated neighborhood"

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