| Noun | 1. | quarantine - enforced isolation of patients suffering from a contagious disease in order to prevent the spread of diseaseisolation - a state of separation between persons or groups | |
| 2. | quarantine - isolation to prevent the spread of infectious disease | |
| Verb | 1. | quarantine - place into enforced isolation, as for medical reasons; "My dog was quarantined before he could live in England"isolate, insulate - place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates" | |