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A spectrum of responses involving deterministic haematopoietic, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, and central nervous system reactions to a large radiation dose received acutely or subacutely to all or most of the body. It follows a dose-dependent clinical course divided into prodromal, latent, and manifest periods of illness.

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== Previous glossary entries ==

=== from ([[ICRP Publication 118]], 2012) ===

Otherwise known as ‘radiation sickness’, it is a spectrum of responses involving haematopoietic, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, and central nervous system reactions to a large radiation dose received acutely or subacutely to all or most of the body. It follows a dose-dependent clinical course divided into prodromal, latent, and manifest periods of illness.