radiation sickness
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5.7
- noun
- /ˌreɪdiˈeɪʃən ˈsɪk.nəs/
- Specialized
:
enfermedad por radiación
- The total number of fatalities due to radiation sickness depends on many factors: the population density, the local terrain and weather conditions, the time allowed to evacuate the area, and the radiation dose.
- acute radiation sickness
- suffer from radiation sickness
- symptoms of radiation sickness
And it revealed for the first time not just the scale of the blast, but also the effects of radiation, of radiation sickness.
- And it revealed for the first time not just the scale of the blast, but also the effects of radiation, of radiation sickness.
Examples
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At the time, I had chalked it up to radiation sickness.
Fiction book (1994) -
For a scary moment, he thought it was one of the woozy symptoms of radiation sickness again.
Fiction book (2001) -
Our prisoners are showing signs of radiation sickness.
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And sometimes even injury and illness, burn marks, suspected radiation sickness.
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In the checkup, my biggest concern was radiation sickness.
Fiction book (2000) -
And exposure for 75 minutes would likely lead to acute radiation sickness.
Blog text (20) -
In these early stages, the symptoms of radiation sickness and the symptoms of panic are identical.
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You've had a bout of radiation sickness before; you know the drill.
Fiction book (2001) -
The number of workers exposed to dangerous levels of radiation has shot up from 4 to 160, three of whom are suffering "full-on radiation sickness."
Blog text (20) -
The doctors confirmed that many survivors showed symptoms of radiation sickness after the nuclear accident.
Synonyms
An illness you get from very strong harmful rays that makes you vomit, lose hair, and can cause death
Antonyms
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1.0
The condition of a person's body and mind, especially being free from illness or injury
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'illness caused by exposure to radiation' is directly and transparently derivable from combining 'radiation' (energy emitted as rays/particles) with 'sickness' (illness). This is a straightforward compositional noun phrase that follows common cross-linguistic patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Radiation sickness comes from a simple, frightening picture: when people are hit by strong, invisible rays called radiation, they become very ill or 'sick'. So the term literally names the 'sickness' caused by radiation, and that is its meaning today.