RADIATION SICKNESS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Syndrome resulting from exposure to ionizing radiation (e.g., exposure to radioactive chemicals or to nuclear explosions); low doses cause diarrhea and nausea and vomiting and sometimes loss of hair; greater exposure can cause sterility and cataracts and some forms of cancer and other diseases; severe exposure can cause death within hours

Example:

he was suffering from radiation

Synonyms:

radiation; radiation sickness; radiation syndrome

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("radiation sickness" is a kind of...):

syndrome (a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease)

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