acute radiation

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acute
adjective
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/əˈkjuːt/us
/əˈkjuːt/
If a bad situation is acute, it causes severe problems ...
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radiation
noun[U]
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/ˌreɪ.diˈeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌreɪ.diˈeɪ.ʃən/
a form of energy that comes from a nuclear reaction and that can be very dangerous ...
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This constellation of symptoms is often collectively referred to asacuteradiationdermatitis.
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The medical management of theacuteradiationdermatitis has evolved empirically and consists of a combination of preventive and therapeutic measures.
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These studies often include insufficient numbers of patients to overcome the effect of a wide natural patient-to-patient variability inacuteradiationskin reaction.
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The paper examined theacuteradiationtoxicity due to carbon ions irradiation and concluded that there was low toxicity and that further dose escalation may be indicated.
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If a fragment of this irradiated nuclear fuel was to be ingested, it could result in severeacuteradiation effects and significant long term health effects.
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Human epidemiology is used as a basis for risk estimation for cancer,acuteradiationrisks, and cataracts.
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He died three weeks later, becoming the first confirmed victim of lethal polonium-210-inducedacuteradiationsyndrome.
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Acuteradiationproctitis usually resolves without treatment after several months, but symptoms may improve with butyrate enemas.
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This contrasts with the deterministic effects ofacuteradiationsyndrome which increase in severity with dose above a threshold.
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High doses can cause visually dramatic radiation burns, and/or rapid fatality throughacuteradiationsyndrome.
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Examples are: radiation burns, and/or rapid fatality throughacuteradiationsyndrome, chronic radiation syndrome, and radiation-induced thyroiditis.
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The report concludes that 134 staff and emergency workers sufferedacuteradiationsyndrome and of those 28 died of the condition.
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Each incident resulted in theacuteradiationpoisoning and subsequent death of a scientist.
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Suffering fromacuteradiationpoisoning, he has only days to live.
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Curie later died ofacuteradiationsyndrome, not cancer.
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He received a lethal dose of 1000 rads neutron/114 rads gamma in under a second and died nine days later fromacuteradiationpoisoning.
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Under the assumption, survivors ofacuteradiationsyndrome face an increased risk developing cancer later in life.
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As dose is averaged over the whole organ; equivalent dose is rarely suitable for evaluation ofacuteradiationeffects or tumour dose in radiotherapy.
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Acuteradiationsyndrome corresponds here to a total dose of one gray, lethal to ten grays.
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This effect is responsible foracuteradiationsyndrome, but these heavily damaged cells can not become cancerous.
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