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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Fevers & infectious diseases
afebrile
ague
anaplasmosis
anti-malaria
anti-malarial
delirious
EHF
ehrlichiosis
enteric fever
Epstein-Barr virus
EVD
mumps
rubella
scarlet fever
smallpox
staph
staphylococcus
Staphylococcus infection
toxoplasmosis
typhoid fever

quarantinenoun (PLANTS OR PRODUCTS)

[ C or U ]
a period of time in which something such as a product or plant that is infected or poisonous, or that contains substances that could be dangerous, is kept in a place where it cannot harm anyone or anything until it is no longer dangerous or can be dealt with safely:
Oregon has imposed an emergency quarantine on oak firewood from California to slow the spread of the fungus.
Please note that certain pharmaceutical items are subject to quarantine and customs restrictions in some countries.
If a radiation alarm is confirmed for a shipment, Radiation Protection agents will order it to be put into quarantine.

quarantinenoun (PLACES)

[ C or U ]
a period of time in which people or animals are not allowed to enter or leave a particular area or building where some or all of those in it have been affected by a harmful substance or disease, until the danger of harming others has passed:
Two farms north of the city were placed under quarantine due to an anthrax outbreak among livestock.
The office was put into a brief quarantine on Friday after an editor opened a Halloween card with a powdery substance.
Patients taking radioactive iodine must stay in quarantine in hospital for 24 hours to avoid exposing other people to radiation.
quarantine
verb
uk /ˈkwɒr.ən.tiːn/ us /ˈkwɔːr.ən.tiːn/

quarantineverb (PEOPLE OR ANIMALS)

[ I or T ]
to stay away from others for a period of time because you have a disease, or may have one, in order to prevent the spread of the disease: 隔离（动物或人）
All international arrivals, regardless of where they are from, must quarantine upon their arrival.
The government is looking into how long those who have been exposed to COVID-19 need to quarantine.
A friend of mine had symptoms but instead of quarantining himself he decided to carry on as normal.
[ T ]
to keep a person or animal away from others because they have a disease, or may have one, in order to prevent the spread of the disease:
It's not uncommon to quarantine passengers after a widespread illness appears to be present on board a plane.
The dogs are being quarantined for 10 days because it was not clear whether they are up to date on rabies shots.
Two weeks ago, authorities quarantined 1,222 cattle that had eaten feed containing cattle byproducts.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Zoology: veterinary medicine
acaricide
altered
animal doctor
anti-rabies
bovine spongiform encephalopathy
BSE
cowpox
emasculate
lame
mange
mangy
monkeypox
mpox
myxomatosis
neutered
nosema
put something/someone down
scrapie
veterinarian
worm

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Fevers & infectious diseases

quarantineverb (PLANTS OR PRODUCTS)

[ T ]
to keep something such as a product or plant that is infected or poisonous, or that contains substances that could be dangerous, in a place where it cannot harm anyone or anything until it is no longer dangerous or can be dealt with safely:
If the traps capture a certain number of flies in a particular area, fruit from that area is quarantined until the end of the season.
After a single bag of rice tested positive for melamine, the company decided to quarantine the entire shipment.
The items were quarantined after a reported exposure to asbestos

quarantineverb (PLACES)

[ T ]
to prevent people or animals from entering or leaving a particular area or building where some or all of those in it have been affected by a harmful substance or disease, until the danger of harming others has passed:
Ranches with confirmed cases of foot-and-mouth disease are quarantined until at least 10 days after all livestock are vaccinated.
The hotel has been quarantined due to an outbreak of legionnaire’s disease

quarantine | American Dictionary

quarantine
noun[ U ]
us/ˈkwɑr·ənˌtin, ˈkwɔr-/
a period of time during which a person or animal that might have a disease is kept away from other people or animals so that the disease cannot spread:
The horse had to spend several months in quarantine when it reached this country.

quarantine

verb[ T ]us/ˈkwɑr·ənˌtin, ˈkwɔr-/
He was quarantined with mumps, which is highly contagious.

quarantine | Business English

quarantine
noun[ U ]
uk /ˈkwɒrəntiːn/us
a period of time during which an animal or person that might have a disease is kept away from other people or animals so that the disease cannot spread:
be/keep sth/put sth in quarantineAbout 6,000 hogs are being kept in quarantine pending further testing.
Australian airports have introduced quarantine regulations in a bid to prevent the spread of the disease.
quarantine
verb[ T ]
uk /ˈkwɒrəntiːn/us
to keep an animal or person away from other animals or people to prevent them from spreading a disease:
The worker was quarantined for five days and directed to wear a mask to protect others.

Examples of quarantine

quarantine
The city had no means of quarantining such large numbers of ill arrivals.
Thus, in order to ascertain that all target fish were uninfected upon arrival at our laboratory, they were quarantined for 117 days prior to trials and regularly observed for symptoms.
In theory, the two would work together to reduce the threat of disease and expand the area of safety, with immunization and the cleansing of pasture gradually replacing semi-permanent quarantines.
I assure him that positively all imported live poultry is quarantined under the present legislation.
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