Term: radiation sickness: 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
Candidate hypernym: syndrome: a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease → 1
Candidate hypernym: answering machine: an electronic device that answers the telephone and records messages → 0
Candidate hypernym: colligation: the connection of isolated facts by a general hypothesis → 0
Candidate hypernym: sanitariness: the state of being conducive to health → 0
Candidate hypernym: expectation: the feeling that something is about to happen → 0
Candidate hypernym: celandine: perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: barley: a grain of barley → 0
Candidate hypernym: pessimism: a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things → 0
Candidate hypernym: gravitation: a figurative movement toward some attraction → 0
Candidate hypernym: eutamias: chipmunks of western America and Asia → 0
Candidate hypernym: hoop: a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling → 0