radiation damage

Cultural  

1. The damage caused by the removal of atoms from a solid material when elementary particles, such as those associated with cosmic rays or radioactivity, collide with it.

---

Discover More

Radiation damage is one of the devastating effects of nuclear weapons.

Radiation damage is an important consideration in the design of nuclear reactors, where radiation levels are high.

Example Sentences

Over generations, their skin might darken to block radiation damage as well.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

In the study, mice on a cysteine-rich diet showed improved repair of radiation damage to the intestinal lining.

From Science Daily • Oct. 23, 2025

“When there's radiation damage caused to your body, you create reactive oxygen species and that causes downstream things to to impact your immune system and things like that while also suppressing your mitochondria,” Beheshti said.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2025

From a Sun-orbiting perch beyond the Moon, optical sensors on BioSentinel will gauge the health of the yeast strains as they accumulate radiation damage by measuring cell growth and metabolism.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 15, 2022

“Findings from the Snow White Project led to breakthroughs about reversing radiation damage to organs. The military was very interested and invested money.”

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste