plague zone
Disease-ridden territory
A plague zone is an area affected by epidemic disease, historically quarantined to prevent spread.
The term extends to any region experiencing widespread devastation or contamination: The downtown became a plague zone after the factory explosion.
In gaming, plague zones are often hostile areas where disease mechanics affect player characters.
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- epidemicWidespread disease occurrence
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
- ground zeroExplosion's central impact point
contagion · patient zero · pestilence · contamination · biohazard · hazmat suit · cordoned · no man's land · wasteland · desolation · rats · fleas · death · sickness · fever · boils · mass graves · isolation
- outbreak zonesquarantine area, contaminated area