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/ˌsɛlfˈkwɒɹəntiːn/ · verb
(intransitive, epidemiology) 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.
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.
Eleven city firefighters have tested positive, and more than 50 are in self-quarantine.
Use self-quarantine when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Self-quarantine means (intransitive, epidemiology) To refrain from physical contact with other individuals, especially in order to reduce the transmission of a contagious disease..
Common synonyms include self-isolate, self-isolation, home quarantine, home isolation.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He said that he became sick with relatively mild symptoms about a week ago and self-quarantined at his home.
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