radiation sickness

noun Pathology.

sickness caused by irradiation with x-rays or other nuclear radiation as a result of therapeutic treatment, accidental exposure, or a nuclear bomb explosion and characterized by nausea, vomiting, headache, cramps, diarrhea, loss of hair and teeth, destruction of white blood cells, and prolonged hemorrhage.

Origin of radiation sickness

First recorded in 1920–25

Words nearby radiation sickness

radiation potential, radiation pressure, radiation pressure , radiation pyrometer, radiation resistance, radiation sickness, radiation therapy, radiational cooling, radiative, radiative capture, radiative zone

British Dictionary definitions for radiation sickness

radiation sickness

noun

pathol illness caused by overexposure of the body or a part of the body to ionizing radiations from radioactive material or X-rays. It is characterized by vomiting, diarrhoea, and in severe cases by sterility and cancer

Medical definitions for radiation sickness

radiation sickness

n.

Illness induced by ionizing radiation, ranging in severity from nausea, vomiting, headache, and diarrhea to loss of hair and teeth, reduction in red and white blood cell counts, extensive hemorrhaging, sterility, and death.