quarantine
Isolation for illness
Quarantine is a period of isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease.
A person exposed to illness may be placed in quarantine until they're confirmed healthy.
The term extends to any enforced separation: The dog spent six months in quarantine before entering the country.
Animals, plants, and digital files can all be quarantined.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, quarantine became everyday vocabulary as millions isolated at home.
The verb means to place in such isolation: Officials quarantined the infected passengers.
State of lacking companions
- introspectionObserving one's own mind
- meditationFocused attention practice
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- seclusionVoluntary withdrawal from society
silence · withdrawal · self-reflection · privacy · boredom · cabin fever · stir-crazy · disconnection
Disease spread by contact
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- virusMicroscopic infectious agent
- epidemicWidespread disease occurrence
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
transmission · incubation · symptoms · diagnosis · treatment · recovery · vaccine · immunity
WHO-named 2019 coronavirus
- coronavirusSpike-ringed viral family
- lockdownEnforced restriction on movement
- social distancingDeliberate interpersonal spacing
- flatten the curveSpread outbreak over longer period
asymptomatic · symptomatic · public health emergency · epidemiology · intensive care · mask mandate · travel ban · shelter-in-place
Voluntary withdrawal from society
- detentionTemporary official holding
- restrictionLimit on action
- segregationForced separation by group
- containmentPreventing hostile expansion
enclosure · cordon · blockade · embargo · holding · custody · internment · impoundment
Preventive safety measure
- protectionGuarding against harm
- preventionStopping something before occurring
- disinfectionEliminating pathogens from surfaces
- sterilizationComplete elimination of microbes
decontamination · safeguard · containment · biosafety · biosecurity · screening · surveillance · risk management
loneliness
State of lacking companions
- introspectionObserving one's own mind
- meditationFocused attention practice
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
seclusion · silence · withdrawal · self-reflection · privacy · boredom · cabin fever · stir-crazy · disconnection · cooped up
contagion
Disease spread by contact
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- virusMicroscopic infectious agent
- epidemicWidespread disease occurrence
outbreak · transmission · incubation · symptoms · diagnosis · treatment · recovery · vaccine · immunity · antibodies
COVID-19
WHO-named 2019 coronavirus
- coronavirusSpike-ringed viral family
- lockdownEnforced restriction on movement
- social distancingDeliberate interpersonal spacing
flatten the curve · asymptomatic · symptomatic · public health emergency · epidemiology · intensive care · mask mandate · travel ban · shelter-in-place · essential workers
seclusion
Voluntary withdrawal from society
- detentionTemporary official holding
- restrictionLimit on action
- segregationForced separation by group
containment · enclosure · cordon · blockade · embargo · holding · custody · internment · impoundment · restraint
precaution
Preventive safety measure
- protectionGuarding against harm
- preventionStopping something before occurring
- disinfectionEliminating pathogens from surfaces
sterilization · decontamination · safeguard · containment · biosafety · biosecurity · screening · surveillance · risk management · protective equipment
- pandemiclockdowns, COVID-19, outbreak, epidemic, COVID
- public healthdisease prevention, immunization, disease control, health education, epidemiology
- isolationloneliness, seclusion, lockdown, solitude, solitary
- health measuressocial distancing, contact tracing, lockdowns, travel restrictions, face coverings
- wildlife veterinaryanimal rescue, zoo vets, endangered species, sedation, vaccines
- interventionsrescue, surgery, therapy, aid, assistance
quarantinefreedom
Absence of constraint
free movement · liberty · release · liberation · open borders
quarantinesocialization
Internalizing cultural norms
mingling · congregation · communion · togetherness · gathering
quarantineintegration
Combining into a whole
amalgamation · combination · merger · inclusion · incorporation
- quarantine facilitiesPlaces for disease separation
- quarantine lawsRules enforcing health isolation
- quarantine zoneCordoned space preventing spread
- health quarantineEnforced separation preventing contagion
- quarantine areaRestricted zone for contagion
- home quarantineIsolation period at residence
quarantined, quarantines, quarantining, self-quarantine, self-quarantined, self-quarantining