cor·don sa·ni·taire (kôr-dô  sä-n -târ )n. pl. cor·dons sa·ni·taires (kôr-dô sä-n-târ) 1. A barrier designed to prevent a disease or other undesirable condition from spreading. 2. A chain of buffer states organized around a nation considered ideologically dangerous or potentially hostile. [French, quarantine line : cordon, line + sanitaire, sanitary.] |
cordon sanitaire French [kɔrdɔ̃ sanitɛr]
n
1. (Medicine) a guarded line serving to cut off an infected area
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a line of buffer states, esp when protecting a nation from infiltration or attack
[literally: sanitary line]
Translations
cordon sanitaire
n (Med, Pol) → Cordon sanitaire m
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