'radiation sickness' definitions:
Definition of 'radiation sickness'
From: WordNet
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" [syn: radiation sickness, radiation syndrome, radiation]
Synonyms of 'radiation sickness'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- altitude sickness,
- anoxemia,
- anoxia,
- anoxic anoxia,
- anthrax,
- black lung,
- caisson disease,
- chilblain,
- decompression sickness,
- frostbite,
- immersion foot,
- itai,
- jet lag,
- lead poisoning,
- mercury poisoning,
- Minamata disease,
- motion sickness,
- pneumoconiosis,
- radionecrosis,
- red-out,
- sunstroke,
- the bends,
- trench foot