Contact-tracing

Pronunciation: /ˈkɑnˌtækt- ˈtɹeɪsɪŋ/

Contact-tracing (noun)

  1. The process of finding and notifying people who may have been near someone with a contagious disease.

Examples

  • Contact-tracing helps identify people who may have been exposed to a virus.
  • Contact-tracing helps find people who might be sick.

Common collocations: implement contact-tracing, effective contact-tracing, use contact-tracing

Synonyms of Contact-tracing

Formal

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