atomic cocktail

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   an oral dose of radioactive substance used in treatment and diagnosis of cancer

   Broadermedicine

Questions about atomic cocktail

What does atomic cocktail mean?

atomic cocktail means "an oral dose of radioactive substance used in treatment and diagnosis of cancer".

Is atomic cocktail a common word?

atomic cocktail is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.