Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Inflammation of the skin caused by X-rays or the radiations from radioactive substances.
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- noun medicine
dermatitis caused byionizing radiation
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The first was the miraculous cure of a Carmelite nun, who was suffering from terminal cancer; the second was the cure of a Spanish doctor who developed radiodermatitis from repeated exposure to x-rays.
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