radiation syndrome
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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 diseasesame as: radiation, radiation sickness
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