quarantined

quar·an·tine  (kwôrn-tn, kwr-)

n.

1.

a. 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.

b. A place for such detention.

2. Enforced isolation or restriction of free movement imposed to prevent the spread of contagious disease.

3. A condition of enforced isolation.

4. A period of 40 days.

tr.v. quar·an·tined, quar·an·tin·ing, quar·an·tines

1. To isolate in or as if in quarantine.

2. To isolate politically or economically.

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[Italian quarantina, from quaranta (giorni), forty (days), from Latin quadrgint; see k^wetwer- in Indo-European roots.]

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quaran·tina·ble adj.

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"