radiation sickness

Noun
  1. 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 (synset 114331899)
    "he was suffering from radiation"
    is a type of: syndrome - a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease
    same as: radiation, radiation syndrome

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