quarantine station

collocation in English

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quarantine
noun
uk
/ˈkwɒr.ən.tiːn/us
/ˈkwɔːr.ən.tiːn/
a specific period of time in which a person or animal that has a disease, or may have one, must stay or be kept away from others in order to prevent the spread of ...
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station
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsteɪ.ʃən/us
/ˈsteɪ.ʃən/
a building and the surrounding area where buses or trains stop for people to get on ...
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(Definition ofquarantineandstationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The stratified nature of shipboard life was replicated at thequarantinestationby the quarantine regulations and by the passengers themselves.
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When thequarantinestationopened in 1891 it was equipped only for the disinfection of commodities.
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Quarantinestation-based surveillance has the advantage of using a single laboratory.
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Disease and common cause were no levellers on thequarantinestation.
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Steerage class passengers appear to have coped a little better with the limitations and, often, basic accommodation and provisions at thequarantinestation.
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Individuals still referred to themselves as members of the "first or second saloon," and, even once they had been landed at thequarantinestation, as passengers.
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It seems that the maintenance of class structures and boundaries that had existed on board ship was central to the compliance of passengers during their incarceration at thequarantinestation.
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There is no risk of the disease spreading from thequarantinestationwhile the animals are there.
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Person-to-person transmission of chlamydia psittaci is rare: outbreaks of the disease in humans occur mainly among aviary andquarantinestationworkers, poultry processors and veterinarians.
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They are then taken direct to the animalquarantinestation.
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No manure from any of the animals has left thequarantinestationsince they arrived.
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Regulations governing the use of the cattle depot as a cattlequarantinestationdate from 1956.
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Not beyond arranging for the release of sheep from thequarantinestation, which is under my control, at times convenient for the transhipment of them to their destination.
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Irate local citizens obtained an injunction blocking thequarantinestationand occupied the site for a while despite the arrival of troops.
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Since then the island has been occupied by a restaurant and inn and aquarantinestation.
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Eight of the victims were buried in the nearbyquarantinestationcemetery.
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In 1880, the island was designated as the country's firstquarantinestation.
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Thequarantinestationwas eventually also used to house victims of other diseases, such as leprosy.
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The island became aquarantinestationin 1522.
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Here aquarantinestationis located which ships are taken if they need to be quarantined.
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