acute radiation syndrome
English
Noun
acute radiation syndrome (usually uncountable, plural acute radiation syndromes)
- (pathology) An acute illness caused by irradiation of the entire body by a high dose of penetrating radiation in a very short period of time.
- Synonym: radiation poisoning
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