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cordon sanitaire(medicine)
cordon(2)(dictionary)
cordon(1)(dictionary)
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cordon 2, verb(dictionary)
cordon 1, noun(dictionary)
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Ruminant (health) and cordon sanitaire (iou)


Ruminant (health)


A suborder of the order Artiodactyla whose members have the distinguishing feature of a four-chambered stomach. Horns or antlers are usually present, at least in males.





cordon sanitaire (iou)



cordon sanitaire noun phr. Pl. -s -s (pronounced same). M19.
[French, formed as CORDON noun + sanitaire sanitary.]
= CORDON noun 5b.
fig.: B. Ward The Allies succeeded in creating a cordon sanitaire of buffer-states to cut Communism off from Europe.