quarantinable en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English quarantine Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English quarantinable From quarantine + -able.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Subject to quarantine; under quarantine.
The quarantinable diseases are yellow fever, cholera, typhus or ship fever, small-pox, scarlet fever, diphtheria, measles and relapsing fever.
1892If the master, owner or consignee of any quarantinable vessel shall neglect or refuse to do any act or thing lawfully directed to be done […]
1907