ring containment

1. 1.

   a strategy of defense in cases of bioterrorism; vaccination only of people exposed and others who are in contact with them

   “ring containment is a proven method of halting a smallpox epidemic”

   Broadercontainment

   terrorism

Questions about ring containment

What does ring containment mean?

ring containment means "a strategy of defense in cases of bioterrorism; vaccination only of people exposed and others who are in contact with them".

Is ring containment a common word?

ring containment is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.