"self-isolation" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-self-isolation.wav [US] Forms: self-isolations [plural]
Etymology: From self- + isolation. Etymology templates: {{af|en|self-|isolation}} self- + isolation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} self-isolation (countable and uncountable, plural self-isolations)
  1. (chiefly epidemiology) Voluntary isolation from others, especially in order to avoid spreading a communicable disease. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Epidemiology Synonyms: self-quarantine Related terms: self-iso, self-isolate Translations (Translations): özünü təcridetmə (Azerbaijani), selvisolation [common-gender] (Danish), omaehtoinen eristys (Finnish), თვითიზოლაცია (tvitizolacia) (Georgian), Selbstisolation [feminine] (German), αυτοαπομόνωση (aftoapomónosi) [feminine] (Greek), isolasi mandiri (Indonesian), autoisolamento [masculine] (Italian), samoizolacja [feminine] (Polish), autoizolare [feminine] (Romanian), самоизоляция (samoizoljacija) [feminine] (Russian), självisolering [common-gender] (Swedish), hunanynysu [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-self-isolation-en-noun-89Xmpu3Q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with self- Topics: epidemiology, medicine, sciences

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