contact-tracing
contact-tracing is the alternative form of contact tracing.
contact-tracing is the present participle and gerund of contact-trace.
Meaning of contact tracing
Noun
contact tracing (countable and uncountable, plural contact tracings)
- The process of identification of persons ("contacts") who may have come into contact with a person carrying an infectious disease.
- There's a strong case for replacing the present system of anonymous testing with mandatory reporting of new infections, and vigorous contact tracing of sexual and needle-sharing partners.1989 June 8, “The Case for Tracing AIDS Partners”, in The New York Times
Forms of contact-tracing
| plural | contact-tracings |
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Questions about contact-tracing
- What is contact-tracing the alternative form of?
- Contact-tracing is the alternative form of contact tracing.
Words near contact-tracing in the dictionary
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