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• Infectious disease — Classification and external resources A false colored electron micrograph shows a malaria sporozoite migrating through the midgut epithelia. ICD 10 …   Wikipedia

• isolation period — UK US noun [countable] [singular isolation period plural isolation periods] a period of time during which someone with an infectious disease is kept away from other people Thesaurus: infection and fighting infection …   Useful english dictionary

• isolation — 1. In microbiology, separation of an organism from others, usually by making serial cultures. 2. Separation for the period of communicability of infected persons or animals from others, so as to prevent or limit the direct or indirect… …   Medical dictionary

• isolation precautions — special precautionary measures, practices, and procedures used in the care of patients with contagious or communicable diseases. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides explicit and comprehensive guidelines for control of… …   Medical dictionary

• isolation — /uy seuh lay sheuhn, is euh /, n. 1. an act or instance of isolating. 2. the state of being isolated. 3. the complete separation from others of a person suffering from contagious or infectious disease; quarantine. 4. the separation of a nation… …   Universalium

• isolation period — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms isolation period : singular isolation period plural isolation periods a period of time during which someone with an infectious disease is kept away from other people …   English dictionary

• isolation — n. the act or an instance of isolating; the state of being isolated or separated. Phrases and idioms: in isolation considered singly and not relatively. isolation hospital (or ward etc.) a hospital, ward, etc., for patients with contagious or… …   Useful english dictionary

• isolation — /aɪsəˈleɪʃən/ (say uysuh layshuhn) noun 1. the act of isolating. 2. the state of being isolated. 3. the complete separation from others of a person suffering from a contagious or infectious disease. 4. the separation of a nation from other… …  

• isolation period — iso lation ,period noun count a period of time during which someone with an infectious disease is kept away from other people …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• isolation period — noun (C) the period of time that someone with an infectious illness needs to be kept apart from other people …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• isolation — n. 1) the separation of a person with an infectious disease from noninfected people. See also: quarantine 2) (in surgery) the separation of a structure from surrounding structures by the use of instruments …   The new mediacal dictionary