sequestration
Medicine noun
The pooling or trapping of blood cells within an organ, notably the spleen, removing them from the circulation.
Acute splenic sequestration can precipitate life-threatening anaemia in young children with sickle-cell disease.
Law noun
The judicial seizure of property, or the isolation of a jury, pending an outcome.
The court ordered sequestration of the contemnor's assets until the order was obeyed.
Business noun
The automatic across-the-board cut in government spending triggered when statutory budget limits are breached.
Failure to agree a deal set off an indiscriminate sequestration of federal programmes.
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