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radiation sickness

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"

Synonyms:

• Minamata disease,
• altitude sickness,
• anoxemia,
• anoxia,
• anoxic anoxia,
• anthrax,
• black lung,
• caisson disease,
• chilblain,
• decompression sickness,
• frostbite,
• immersion foot,
• itai,
• jet lag,
• lead poisoning,
• mercury poisoning,
• motion sickness,
• pneumoconiosis,
• radionecrosis,
• red-out,
• sunstroke,
• the bends,
• trench foot