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cor⋅don sa⋅ni⋅taire

  [Fr. kawr-dawn sa-nee-ter]
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–noun, plural cor⋅dons sa⋅ni⋅taires  [Fr. kawr-dawn sa-nee-ter] .
1. a line around a quarantined area guarded to prevent the spread of a disease by restricting passage into or out of the area.
2. a group of neighboring, generally neutral states forming a geographical barrier between two states having aggressive military or ideological aims against each other.
Origin:
1840–50; < F; see cordon, sanitary
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cor·don sa·ni·taire   (kôr-dôɴ' sä-nē-târ')   
n.   pl. cor·dons sa·ni·taires (kôr-dôɴ' sä-nē-târ')

  1. A barrier designed to prevent a disease or other undesirable condition from spreading.

  2. A chain of buffer states organized around a nation considered ideologically dangerous or potentially hostile.


[French, quarantine line : cordon, line + sanitaire, sanitary.]
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cordon sanitaire cor·don sa·ni·taire (kôr-dôɴ' sä-nē-târ')
n.
A barrier designed to prevent a disease or other undesirable condition from spreading.

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