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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
How To Use radiation sickness In A Sentence
- Another 70,000 would die in the days, years and decades ahead from radiation sickness and cancer. The Sun
- State media reported that a Guo bought 6.5 tons of salt in Wuhan on March 17, only to see prices collapse three days later after repeated warnings from government officials that there was no salt shortage and that consuming iodized salt could not assuage radiation sickness, of which there was no threat. Great Speculations: Why China Is So Bubble-Friendly
- He deludes himself into believing that he has not succumbed to radiation sickness because of some kind of inborn immunity, i.e. invincibility. Daniel Bruno Sanz: Bad Dreams From My Grandfather
- Many were orphaned by the disaster, others still suffer radiation sickness.
- In the decades that followed many died of radiation sickness and cancers. Times, Sunday Times
- Within two weeks that figure had doubled as radiation sickness took its toll. Times, Sunday Times
- Frightened shoppers across China, including Hong Kong, last week emptied their supermarkets of iodized salt in the sadly misplaced belief that it would offer protection against radiation sickness, or that irradiated seawater would contaminate future salt supplies. Panic Could Do More Damage to Global Growth than Japan's Earthquake
- Shortly after radiation was reported to be leaking from Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in mid-March, rumors began to spread that China's sea salt could be contaminated by radiation and that iodized salt could prevent radiation sickness. Great Speculations: Why China Is So Bubble-Friendly
- For some, the visit is a welcome break from medical treatment they're receiving for radiation sickness.
- Another 70,000 would die in the days, years and decades ahead from radiation sickness and cancer. The Sun
