cordon sanitaire

cor·don sa·ni·taire

a barrier restraining free movement of people or goods, so as to keep a disease, infection, etc. from spreading from one locality into another
a belt of countries serving to isolate another country and check its aggressiveness or lessen its influence

Origin of cordon sanitaire

Fr, literally , sanitary cordon

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cordon sanitaire

noun

pl. cor·dons sa·ni·taires,

A barrier designed to prevent a disease or other undesirable condition from spreading.
A chain of buffer states organized around a ideologically dangerous or potentially hostile nation.

Origin of cordon sanitaire

French quarantine line cordon line sanitaire sanitary

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Noun

(plural cordons sanitaires)

A barrier (physical or administrative) to prevent the spread of disease.
(by extension) Any barrier to the spread of anything deemed undesirable.

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Borrowing from French cordon sanitaire.

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cordon sanitaire - Medical Definition

pl. cordons sanitaires (kôr-dôɴ′ sä-nē-târ′)

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

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