radiation sickness
radiation sickness · radiation sicknesses
променева хвороба
лучевая болезнь
Strahlenkrankheit
Any illness produced by ionizing radiation with symptoms ranging from nausea to deathAny illness produced by ionizing radiation with symptoms ranging from nausea to death.
» Radiation sickness often causes hair and fingernails to fall out, among other more serious ailments.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)Any illness produced by ionizing radiation with symptoms ranging from nausea to death.
Strahlenkrankheit
лучевая боле́зньlučevaja boléznʹ
промене́ва хворо́баpromenéva xvoróba
More definitions
- 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
Examples
1 sentencesRadiation sickness often causes hair and fingernails to fall out, among other more serious ailments.
Translations
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Forms
plural: radiation sicknesses| Singular | radiation sickness |
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Synonyms
4 synonymsClose in meaning
- 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:radiation syndromeradiation
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable