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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 syndrome In A Sentence
- In terms of radiogenic effects from high doses, 134 emergency workers suffered from acute radiation syndrome. Times, Sunday Times