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n. radiation sickness
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Radiation poisoning may refer to
- Acute radiation syndrome, the short-term systemic health effects of a large radiation dose.
- Chronic radiation syndrome
- The ingestion of radioactive material, notably in the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko and Eben Byers
- The action of neutron poisons that inhibit nuclear chain reactions
- Any of the negative health effects of radiation other than teratogenesis, including
- Radiation burns
- Radiation-induced cancer
- Radiation-induced heart disease
- Radiation-induced lung injury
- Radiation-induced thyroiditis
- Radiation induced cognitive decline
Usage examples of "radiation poisoning".
Ogawa said that he might have to spend time in a Starfleet hospital, undergoing evaluation for both his radiation poisoning and his radical treatment, but the Antosian insisted that he felt great.
Note that PI will not cure radiation poisoning, nor will it prevent radiation injury from sources other than radioactive iodine.
Blood, she knew, was something theyd need for bad cases of radiation poisoning.
Blood, she knew, was something they'd need for bad cases of radiation poisoning.
But whether search and rescue dogs actually died of radiation poisoning is another matter.
If we leave this shelter too soon we'll be subjected to lethal doses of radiation poisoning.
Since the problem seemed to be a form of radiation poisoning, I looked first at the largest single source of radiation available to the Epsilon Delta 4 colony its sun.
And he also knew that bleeding gums were one of the first symptoms of radiation poisoning.
There is only one intelligent Strata Creature on Drambo, and it is being treated for radiation poisoning.