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☆ atomic cocktail

a dose of medicine to be swallowed, containing a radioactive element, used in medical treatment and diagnosis, as of cancer

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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