cor·don sa·ni·taire 
(kôr-dôɴ′ sä-nē-târ)
(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 ideologically dangerous or potentially hostile nation.
[French, quarantine line : cordon, line + sanitaire, sanitary.]
- Indo-European root: kwo-
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- Indo-European root: laks-
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- Indo-European root: lei-
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- Indo-European root: lendh-
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