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  1. From French quarantaine `40 days' any period
  2. for which people, animals, plants, or vessels
  3. may be detained in isolation when suspected
  4. of carrying contagious disease. In the UK,
  5. imported animals are quarantined to prevent
  6. the spread of rabies.
  7.