radiation sickness

noun

, Pathology.

1. sickness caused by irradiation with x-rays or other nuclear radiation as a result of therapeutic treatment, accidental exposure, or a nuclear bomb explosion and characterized by nausea, vomiting, headache, cramps, diarrhea, loss of hair and teeth, destruction of white blood cells, and prolonged hemorrhage.

radiation sickness

noun

1. pathol illness caused by overexposure of the body or a part of the body to ionizing radiations from radioactive material or X-rays. It is characterized by vomiting, diarrhoea, and in severe cases by sterility and cancer

Word History and Origins

Origin of radiation sickness¹

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

Found swimming in the lagoon, the pig was donated to the Smithsonian zoo after recovering from radiation sickness.

From Washington Post

Knowing that the red stuff flows through every organ and tissue, scientists have used the technique ever since to study bodywide states like obesity and systemic diseases like radiation sickness.

From Popular-Science

"Radiation sickness," said Bart, and Vorongil reached out, catching his shoulder in a cruel taloned grip.

From Project Gutenberg

That leaves us no margin, even if we risk getting radiation sickness.

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Radiation sickness is not contagious; one person cannot "catch it" from another person.

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Radiation sickness is not contagious or infectious, and one person cannot "catch it" from another person.

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Remember that radiation sickness is not contagious or infectious, and one person cannot "catch it" from another person.

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