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Which English word originated from the Venetian language and referred to a 40 days isolation of ships before passengers and crew could go ashore to Venice during the Black Death plague?

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Inoculation

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Vaccine

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Lockdown

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Quarantine

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The correct option is D Quarantine
Quarantine

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