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[syn: radiation sickness, radiation syndrome, radiation]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
radiation sickness
n 1: 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]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "radiation sickness":
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