คำว่า ' quarantine ' ( VT )
มีความหมายในภาษาไทยว่า กักไว้
คำศัพท์อื่นๆที่มีความหมายเหมือนกัน : แยกออก,ทำให้อยู่โดดเดี่ยว
คำที่คล้ายกัน : isolate; detain
คำนิยามในภาษาอังกฤษ (definition) :
[n.] A space of forty days; -- used of Lent.
[n.] 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.
[n.] The period of forty days during which the widow had the privilege of remaining in the mansion house of which her husband died seized.
[v. t.] 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.