RADIATION SICKNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does radiation sickness mean? 

• RADIATION SICKNESS (noun)
  The noun RADIATION SICKNESS has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: RADIATION SICKNESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RADIATION SICKNESS (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

radiation; radiation sickness; radiation syndrome

Context example:

he was suffering from radiation

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

syndrome (a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease)

 Context examples 

Symptoms of acute radiation sickness usually occur right after exposure but they may happen over time, and they may come and go.

(Acute radiation sickness, NCI Dictionary)

Also called acute radiation sickness, radiation poisoning, radiation sickness, and radiation sickness syndrome.

(Acute radiation syndrome, NCI Dictionary)

Also called acute radiation syndrome, radiation poisoning, radiation sickness, and radiation sickness syndrome.

(Acute radiation sickness, NCI Dictionary)