Definition of Radiation sickness

1. Noun. 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"

Exact synonyms: Radiation, Radiation Syndrome
Generic synonyms: Syndrome

Medical Definition of Radiation sickness

1. A systemic condition caused by substantial whole-body irradiation, seen after nuclear explosions or accidents, rarely after radiotherapy. Manifestations depend on dose, ranging from anorexia, nausea, vomiting, and mild leukopenia, to thrombocytopenia with haemorrhage, severe leukopenia with infection, anaemia, central nervous system damage, and death. Synonym: radiation poisoning. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Radiation Sickness

radiation leukaemia virus
radiation monitoring
radiation myelitis
radiation myelopathy
radiation of corpus callosum
radiation oncologist
radiation oncology
radiation pattern
radiation physicist
radiation pneumonitis
radiation poisoning
radiation pressure
radiation pyrometer
radiation risks
radiation sickness (current term)
radiation sickness (current term)
radiation syndrome
radiation therapy
radiation therapy
radiation tolerance
radiation weighting factor
radiatio acustica
radiatio corporis callosi
radiatio optica
radiatio pyramidalis
radiative
radiative
radiator
radiator
radiators

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