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radiation sickness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun radiation sickness has 1 sense
- radiation sickness(n = noun.state) radiation, radiation syndrome - 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; "he was suffering from radiation" is a kind of syndrome
THESAURUS
radiation sickness
Minamata disease, altitude sickness, anoxemia, anoxia, anoxic anoxia, anthrax, black lung, caisson disease, chilblain, decompression sickness, frostbite, immersion foot, itai, jet lag, lead poisoning, mercury poisoning, motion sickness, pneumoconiosis, radionecrosis, red-out, sunstroke, the bends, trench foot
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