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Meanings of radiation syndrome in English

Portuguese
doenças das radiações

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.

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        doenças das radiações
        Russian
        отдаленные последствия облучения
        Portuguese
        envenenamento radioativo
        Catalan
        síndrome per irradiació aguda
        Spanish
        síndrome de irradiación aguda

        Health problems caused by exposure to very high levels of ionizing radiation.

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              Usage of radiation syndrome in English
              1
              Curious because Arafat didn't demonstrate the classic symptoms of acute radiation syndrome.
              Wired
              2
              The Company's lead indications are critical limb ischemia (CLI), recovery after surgery for femoral neck fracture and acute radiation syndrome.
              Reuters
              3
              Within minutes to hours, most people exposed in these areas would begin to show signs of acute radiation syndrome: nausea, headache, dizziness, and vomiting.
              NY Magazine
              4
              Of the workers who tried to contain the emergency at Chernobyl, 134 suffered acute radiation syndrome; 28 died soon afterwards.
              The Guardian
              5
              Fifty emergency rescue workers died from acute radiation syndrome and related illnesses, 4,000 children and adolescents contracted thyroid cancer, nine of whom died.
              The Guardian