Radiation sickness is an illness that people get when they are exposed to too much radiation.
radiation sickness in British English
noun
pathology
illness caused by overexposure of the body or a part of the body to ionizing radiations from radioactive material or X-rays. It is characterized by vomiting, diarrhoea, and in severe cases by sterility and cancer
radiation sickness in American English
sickness produced by overexposure to radiation, as from X-rays or atomic explosions, and characterized by nausea, diarrhea, bleeding, loss of hair, and increased susceptibility to infection
Examples of 'radiation sickness' in a sentence
radiation sickness
About the same number were to succumb to a new man-made illness, radiation sickness.
Grenville, J. A. S. The Collins History of the World in the 20th Century (1994)