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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In the film, it’s suggested that the ISS might be storing a cure to radiation sickness that could be helpful in the aftermath of a nuclear war.
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Rebecca Heilweil, WIRED, 23 Jan. 2024
Higher doses can also cause near-term risks to life in the form of acute radiation sickness, initially resulting in nausea, vomiting, fever and headaches.
—Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 3 May 2023
Five workers at the scrapyard, who opened the cylinder, and four waste collectors, who removed the cylinder, ended up in hospital with radiation sickness.
—Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 16 Mar. 2023
Witness the effects of acute radiation sickness suffered by early scientists studying radioactive elements, or by survivors of atomic bomb blasts.
—David Warmflash, Discover Magazine, 6 Apr. 2015
For example, elevated radiation levels can cause cancer and radiation sickness in humans while also impacting fertility.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2023
This group, collectively named hibakusha, were stigmatized in Japan due to fears that radiation sickness was transmissible and could be passed down to children.
—Monique Brouillette, Popular Mechanics, 28 Aug. 2023
Several weeks later, local residents witnessed soldiers afflicted with radiation sickness, displaying evident symptoms such as vomiting and sizable blisters on their skin.
—Monique Brouillette, Popular Mechanics, 28 Aug. 2023
The World Isn't Over Chernobyl The identity of the source is unclear, but these are not the first such claims of radiation sickness amongst Russian troops in that area.
—Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 3 May 2023
Rebecca Heilweil, WIRED, 23 Jan. 2024
Higher doses can also cause near-term risks to life in the form of acute radiation sickness, initially resulting in nausea, vomiting, fever and headaches.
—Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 3 May 2023
Five workers at the scrapyard, who opened the cylinder, and four waste collectors, who removed the cylinder, ended up in hospital with radiation sickness.
—Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 16 Mar. 2023
Witness the effects of acute radiation sickness suffered by early scientists studying radioactive elements, or by survivors of atomic bomb blasts.
—David Warmflash, Discover Magazine, 6 Apr. 2015
For example, elevated radiation levels can cause cancer and radiation sickness in humans while also impacting fertility.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2023
This group, collectively named hibakusha, were stigmatized in Japan due to fears that radiation sickness was transmissible and could be passed down to children.
—Monique Brouillette, Popular Mechanics, 28 Aug. 2023
Several weeks later, local residents witnessed soldiers afflicted with radiation sickness, displaying evident symptoms such as vomiting and sizable blisters on their skin.
—Monique Brouillette, Popular Mechanics, 28 Aug. 2023
The World Isn't Over Chernobyl The identity of the source is unclear, but these are not the first such claims of radiation sickness amongst Russian troops in that area.
—Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 3 May 2023
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