noun

• 1The process or fact of isolating or being isolated.

  ‘isolation from family and friends may also contribute to anxiety’

  More example sentences

  • ‘A general boycott will help this necessary process of international isolation.’
  • ‘This suggested a growing mistrust of political institutions and a sense of isolation from the decision-making process.’
  • ‘No longer will our students and communities need to feel disadvantaged because of isolation or shortage of resources.’
  • ‘First, his visit ends the international isolation imposed on Syria since the passing of UN Resolution 1559 in 2004.’
  • ‘Their relative isolation from the rest of the country means that many do not even think of politics.’
  • ‘Diplomatically, Britain had been cornered and her splendid isolation was more discomforting than her solitary magnificence.’
  • ‘Third, a Mantel test was used to assess the hypothesis of genetic isolation by geographic distance.’
  • ‘In addition to physical pain, dying patients often experience social isolation, psychological stress and spiritual crises.’
  • ‘The number of help line and awareness groups is only a reflection of increasing social isolation.’
  • ‘Using families' natural support systems to reduce social isolation may be of great help.’
  • ‘But those who are willing to put out the effort can always experience relative travel isolation.’
  • ‘The North has been making a concerted effort to end its diplomatic isolation since last year.’
  • ‘But Libya does want American participation - both for economic reasons and to end its diplomatic isolation.’
  • ‘As a consequence, Libya gradually overcame its international isolation.’
  • ‘Australia's native wildlife is almost entirely endemic, having evolved in virtual isolation from the rest of the world.’
  • ‘Of greater interest is that our analysis shows a pattern of isolation by distance.’
  • ‘Racial diversity in the student body reduces the isolation experienced by faculty of color.’
  • ‘As a corollary, corridors of suitable habitat should reduce patch isolation, thereby decreasing species loss and enhancing colonization.’
  • ‘Coverdale withdraws into increasing isolation from the modern world.’

  Synonyms

  separation, segregation, setting apart, keeping apart

  solitariness, loneliness, friendlessness, lack of contact, exile, sense of exile, aloneness

  remoteness, seclusion, loneliness, inaccessibility

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  1. 1.1as modifier Denoting a hospital or ward for patients with infectious diseases.
     ‘His wife sent him to the local isolation hospital but no patients would share the same ward with him.’
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     • ‘Late closure of isolation wards led to infection of visitors and spread of the disease to the community.’
     • ‘The isolation ward patients all wear mask themselves, we wear M95 masks when we work in those areas.’
     • ‘Robyn was in an isolation ward at the hospital over the weekend and doctors hoped she could be released on Monday.’
     • ‘These children have typhoid, they should be in isolation, but the isolation hospital was looted.’
     • ‘No quality restrictions were imposed on studies using isolation wards or nurse cohorting.’
     • ‘As SARS infection could not be excluded the patient was transferred directly to an isolation ward on the same day.’
     • ‘This served Joyce Green and other isolation hospitals in the area.’
     • ‘His working group has also called for a return to isolation hospitals of the type built to deal with TB last century.’
     • ‘A surveyor's report found that the smallpox isolation hospital at Winterburn was in a poor state.’
     • ‘The land in question is the former isolation hospital in Main Road, Dovercourt.’
     • ‘This one would need her to be hospitalized in an isolation ward for a few weeks.’
     • ‘Swindon Council says the centre, which used to be an isolation hospital, was being closed and demolished because it was outdated.’
     • ‘This time it's the isolation ward instead of TB and Nokwanda will most likely never leave this hospital again.’
     • ‘She spent nine days in an isolation ward at North Manchester General Hospital and underwent a series of tests.’
     • ‘According to Chang, air pressure in the isolation wards is lower than the air pressure outside the wards.’
     • ‘The median number of AFB isolation rooms was 4.’
     • ‘During all the nine weeks he was being barrier nursed in an isolation ward.’
     • ‘Briefly, all patients with community-acquired pneumonia and fever are admitted to the isolation wards.’
     • ‘Mpumalanga yesterday opened an emergency isolation ward at the Rob Ferreira Hospital to treat ten cases.’
  2. 1.2count noun An instance of isolating something, especially a compound or microorganism.
     ‘National Institute of Virology, Pune has carried out serological investigations and virus isolations in different parts of the country.’
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     • ‘Each step in the curing procedures was monitored by electrophoresis of plasmid isolations.’
     • ‘The pre - and post-chlorination bacterial isolations are presented in Table 2.’
     • ‘The rise in isolations in our series exceeded the rise in submitted blood cultures.’
     • ‘Similar results were obtained from at least two independent PCR assays of two independent chromatin isolations.’
     • ‘Nuclei isolations and transcription assays were performed as previously described.’
     • ‘All proviral DNA isolations were processed in P3 laboratory facilities.’
     • ‘All animal handling, VBL treatments and sperm isolations were performed at one laboratory by one technician.’
     • ‘These latter bands were reconfirmed by multiple isolations and PCR-amplifications of VMA1 from genomic DNA initially derived from single cell cultures.’
     • ‘Cell lines were maintained as directed by the source, and DNA isolations were performed using Wizard genomic DNA purification (Promega).’
     • ‘The accumulation of viscous polysaccharides in the mycelia of S. commune often interferes with genomic DNA isolations.’
     • ‘Gastric lavage for isolation of M tuberculosis is a well accepted method.’
     • ‘Samples from all the treatments were harvested at the indicated times and total RNA isolation was performed.’
     • ‘Total RNA isolation and Northern analysis were performed according to standard protocols.’
     • ‘Genomic DNA isolation and purification followed either a modified Chelex or phenol-chloroform protocol.’
     • ‘Here we report the isolation of mutations in the Drosophila Tap 42 gene.’
     • ‘Petals were detached from three flowers, pooled and used for mRNA isolation.’
     • ‘All the steps in the isolation procedure were carried out at 4°C.’
     • ‘A chemist may get a prize for discovering oxygen or even a patent on the process used for its isolation.’
     • ‘Plant tissues to be used for RNA isolation were collected directly into liquid N 2.’