Quarantine vs. Isolation

Quarantinenoun

A desert in which Christ fasted for 40 days according to the Bible

Quarantinenoun

A grace period of 40 days during which a widow has the right to remain in her dead husband's home, regardless of the inheritance

Quarantinenoun

A sanitary measure to prevent the spread of a contagious plague by isolating those believed to be infected.

Quarantinenoun

Such official detention of a ship at or off port due to suspicion that it may be carrying a contagious disease aboard.

Quarantinenoun

A certain place for isolating persons suspected of suffering from a contagious disease.

Quarantinenoun

A certain period of time during which a person is isolated to determine whether they've been infected with a contagious disease.

Quarantinenoun

(by extension) Any rigorous measure of isolation, regardless of the reason.

Quarantinenoun

A record system kept by port health authorities in order to monitor and prevent the spread of contagious diseases.

Quarantinenoun

(computing) A place where email messages or other files which are suspected of harboring a virus are stored.

Quarantineverb

To retain in obligatory isolation or separation, as a sanitary measure to prevent the spread of contagious disease.

Quarantineverb

To put in isolation as if by quarantine

Quarantinenoun

A space of forty days; - used of Lent.

Quarantinenoun

Specifically, the term, originally of forty days, during which a ship arriving in port, and suspected of being infected a malignant contagious disease, is obliged to forbear all intercourse with the shore; hence, such restraint or inhibition of intercourse; also, the place where infected or prohibited vessels are stationed.

Quarantinenoun

The period of forty days during which the widow had the privilege of remaining in the mansion house of which her husband died seized.

Quarantineverb

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.

Quarantinenoun

enforced isolation of patients suffering from a contagious disease in order to prevent the spread of disease

Quarantinenoun

isolation to prevent the spread of infectious disease

Quarantineverb

place into enforced isolation, as for medical reasons;

Quarantine

A quarantine is a restriction on the movement of people, animals and goods which is intended to prevent the spread of disease or pests. It is often used in connection to disease and illness, preventing the movement of those who may have been exposed to a communicable disease, yet do not have a confirmed medical diagnosis.

Isolationnoun

The state of being isolated, detached, or separated.

Isolationnoun

The state of being away from other people.

Isolationnoun

The act of isolating.

Isolationnoun

The state of not having diplomatic relations with other countries (either with most or all other countries, or with specified other countries).

Isolationnoun

(chemistry) The obtaining of an element from one of its compounds, or of a compound from a mixture

Isolationnoun

(medicine) The separation of a patient, suffering from a contagious disease, from contact with others

Isolationnoun

(databases) a database property that determines when and how changes made in one transaction are visible to other concurrent transactions.

Isolationnoun

The act of isolating, or the state of being isolated; insulation; separation; loneliness.

Isolationnoun

a state of separation between persons or groups

Isolationnoun

the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others

Isolationnoun

a feeling of being disliked and alone

Isolationnoun

preference for seclusion or isolation

Isolationnoun

(psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it

Isolationnoun

a country's withdrawal from internal politics;