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