self-quarantine en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌsɛlfˈkwɒɹəntiːn/
Etymology
From self- + quarantine.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Isolation by avoiding physical contact with other individuals, especially in order to reduce the transmission of a contagious disease.
We apply this model to a large urban area (9 million people) and evaluate the effect of situational awareness (early detection and response) and several response measures, such as mass vaccination, quarantine, closure, mass-transit shutdown, and voluntary self-quarantine on the spread of the epidemic and on the total number of casualties.
2005 November, Moshe Kress, “The Effect of Social Mixing Controls on the Spread of Smallpox—A Two-Level Model”, in Health Care Management Science, volume 8, number 4, →DOI, →ISSN, page 277:Eleven city firefighters have tested positive, and more than 50 are in self-quarantine.
2020 March 22, Alex Wigglesworth, Maria L. La Ganga, Richard Winton, James Queally, “California coronavirus death toll rises to 27, including four in L.A. County”, in Los Angeles Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| self-quarantines | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
home quarantine · self-isolation · home isolation
Translations (12)
fi omaehtoinen karanteeni (isolation by avoiding physical contact with other individuals) · pl samoizolacja (isolation by avoiding physical contact with other individuals) · it autoquarantena (isolation by avoiding physical contact with other individuals) · sv självkarantän (isolation by avoiding physical contact with other individuals) · pt auto quarentena (isolation by avoiding physical contact with other individuals) · cmn 隔離 /隔离 (isolation by avoiding physical contact with other individuals) · ro autocarantină (isolation by avoiding physical contact with other individuals) · de Selbstquarantäne (isolation by avoiding physical contact with other individuals) · nl thuisquarantaine (isolation by avoiding physical contact with other individuals) · ka თვითკარანტინი (isolation by avoiding physical contact with other individuals) · hu önkéntes karantén (isolation by avoiding physical contact with other individuals) · nl zelfquarantaine (isolation by avoiding physical contact with other individuals)