radiation sickness Syllabification: (ra·di·a·tion sick·ness)Translate radiation sickness | into French | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of radiation sickness noun illness caused by exposure of the body to ionizing radiation, characterized by nausea, hair loss, diarrhea, bleeding, and damage to the bone marrow and central nervous system. radiation sickness in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of radiation sickness in the British & World English dictionary