"code brown" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: code browns [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} code brown (plural code browns)
  1. (Canada, US, medicine) The condition of the occurrence of a hazmat situation at a medical facility. Tags: Canada, US Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-code_brown-en-noun-c56u5K8a Categories (other): American English, Canadian English Topics: medicine, sciences
  2. (humorous) The situation where a person defecates in an undesirable location (e.g. hospital bed or retail store), requiring cleanup. Tags: humorous
    Sense id: en-code_brown-en-noun-u5BqL013 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: code black • code blue • code brown • code grey • code orange • code pink • code red • code silver • code white • code yellow, colour code, number two

Inflected forms

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