Code Orange Vocabulary

Key vocabulary terms and definitions related to infectious diseases, treatments, and outbreaks from the Code Orange study notes.

Infectious

Able to spread from person to person.

Bioterrorism

Using germs to harm people.

Anthrax

A serious disease caused by bacteria.

Vaccine

A medicine that helps prevent disease.

Immune

Protected from infection.

Intravenously

Administered into or through a vein.

Pustule

A small, raised spot on the skin filled with pus.

Eradicate

To completely destroy or get rid of something.

Epidemic

A sudden increase in the number of cases of a disease in a particular place.

Expendable

Able to be used up, discarded or replaced

Pinnacle

Highest peak or point

Typhoid

An infectious bacterial fever with an eruption of red spots on the chest and abdomen and severe intestinal behavior

Requisite

Needed, necessary or required as essential