self-quarantine meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

self-quarantine

verb

/ˌsɛlfˈkwɒɹəntiːn/

Etymology From self- + quarantine.

Epidemiology, Medicine, Sciences To refrain from physical contact with other individuals, especially in order to reduce the transmission of a contagious disease.

He said that he became sick with relatively mild symptoms about a week ago and self-quarantined at his home.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:

Derived terms: self-quarantiner

self-quarantine

noun

Etymology From self- + quarantine.

Epidemiology, Medicine, Sciences 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: