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self-quarantine

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English

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Etymology

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From self- +‎ quarantine.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌsɛlfˈkwɒɹəntiːn/

Verb

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self-quarantine (third-person singular simple present self-quarantines, present participle self-quarantining, simple past and past participle self-quarantined)

  1. (intransitive, epidemiology) To refrain from physical contact with other individuals, especially in order to reduce the transmission of a contagious disease.
    Synonym: self-isolate
    • 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[1]:
      He said that he became sick with relatively mild symptoms about a week ago and self-quarantined at his home.

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Noun

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self-quarantine (countable and uncountable, plural self-quarantines)

  1. (epidemiology) Isolation by avoiding physical contact with other individuals, especially in order to reduce the transmission of a contagious disease.
    Synonyms: self-isolation, home quarantine, home isolation
    • 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:
      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.
    • 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[2]:
      Eleven city firefighters have tested positive, and more than 50 are in self-quarantine.

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