self-quarantine

English

Etymology

self- +‎ quarantine

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsɛlfˈkwɒɹəntiːn/

Verb

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.

Derived terms

• self-quarantiner

Noun

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.

Translations

isolation by avoiding physical contact with other individuals

• Chinese:

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• Dutch: zelfquarantaine (nl) f, thuisquarantaine (nl) f
• Finnish: omaehtoinen karanteeni
• French: please add this translation if you can
• Georgian: თვითკარანტინი (tvitḳaranṭini)
• German: Selbstquarantäne f
• Hungarian: önkéntes karantén
• Italian: autoquarantena f
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: auto quarentena
• Romanian: autocarantină f
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: självkarantän c

Further reading

• “self-quarantine”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.