Medical Dictionary
radiation sickness
noun
Medical Definition of RADIATION SICKNESS
: 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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