radiation sickness
noun
: sickness that results from exposure to radiation and is commonly marked by fatigue, nausea, vomiting, loss of teeth and hair, and in more severe cases by damage to blood-forming tissue with decrease in red and white blood cells and with bleeding
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The researchers determined radiation exposure in these spots stayed at a safe level for the astronauts to avoid acute radiation sickness.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, 19 Sep. 2024
Tens of thousands of people were killed by the 1945 atomic bombs, both instantly and in the months and years that followed due to radiation sickness.
—Hanako Montgomery, CNN, 1 Aug. 2024
Miko was born the same year, and her mother died shortly after from radiation sickness.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 22 July 2024
Pandora, which was inspired by Japan’s Fukushima nuclear accident, doesn’t get quite as graphic with its depictions of radiation sickness as the small-screen series.
—James Grebey, TIME, 19 July 2024
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, 19 Sep. 2024
Tens of thousands of people were killed by the 1945 atomic bombs, both instantly and in the months and years that followed due to radiation sickness.
—Hanako Montgomery, CNN, 1 Aug. 2024
Miko was born the same year, and her mother died shortly after from radiation sickness.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 22 July 2024
Pandora, which was inspired by Japan’s Fukushima nuclear accident, doesn’t get quite as graphic with its depictions of radiation sickness as the small-screen series.
—James Grebey, TIME, 19 July 2024
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“Radiation sickness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/radiation%20sickness. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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