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atomic cocktail

atomic cocktail noun: a drinkable liquid containing a radioactive substance, used either as a diagnostic aid or as a treatment, especially for cancer of the thyroid.

Noun

atomic cocktail (plural atomic cocktails)

  1. (idiomatic) A drinkable liquid containing a radioactive substance, used either as a diagnostic aid or as a treatment, especially for cancer of the thyroid.
    • For most patients, the old-fashioned basal metabolism test is a mild form of torture . . . and four Navy researchers have come to the conclusion that in big medical centers with facilities for handling radioisotopes it should be replaced by the "atomic cocktail."1954 March 22, “Medicine: Atomic Diagnosis”, in Time, retrieved 19 Mar 2014
    • Lilienthal's speech to the scientists at G.E. revelled in possibilities for atomic measurement and medicine, especially how a man dying of a huge throat tumor was treated with an atomic cocktail, causing the tumor to disappear completely in a matter of days.1998, Jerome Klinkowitz, Vonnegut in Fact: The Public Spokesmanship of Personal Fiction, →ISBN, page 73
  2. A mixed alcoholic beverage, created in Las Vegas, United States, in the mid-20th century.
    • Its most famous drink is the atomic cocktail—vodka, brandy, Champagne, splash of sherry.2001 April 15, James McManus, "Profiles in Corruption" (book review of The Money and the Power by Sally Denton and Roger Morris), New York Times (retrieved 19 March 2014)

atomic cocktail meaning in Bengali

atomic cocktail in Bengali

একটি মিশ্র মদ্যপ পানীয়

Examples of atomic cocktail in a sentence

  • The test showed excessive hormone, so the doctor prescribed an “atomic cocktail,” a radioactive iodine mixture designed to partially kill the thyroid gland.2007, Ira Edwards, Honest Nutrition, →ISBN, page 130:
  • I drank my first atomic cocktail: a vial of liquid radioactive iodine diluted in what seemed like gallons of water.2010, R Alan Smith, Our Eyes Are on You, →ISBN, page 148:

Forms of atomic cocktail

pluralatomic cocktails
alternative formatom cocktail

Questions about atomic cocktail

What does atomic cocktail mean?
Atomic cocktail means a drinkable liquid containing a radioactive substance, used either as a diagnostic aid or as a treatment, especially for cancer of the thyroid.
What is atomic cocktail in Bengali?
Atomic cocktail in Bengali is একটি মিশ্র মদ্যপ পানীয়. See Atomic cocktail meaning in Bengali.
How do you use atomic cocktail in a sentence?
The test showed excessive hormone, so the doctor prescribed an “atomic cocktail,” a radioactive iodine mixture designed to partially kill the thyroid gland.
What part of speech is atomic cocktail?
Atomic cocktail is a noun.
What is the plural of atomic cocktail?
The plural of atomic cocktail is atomic cocktails.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: atomic cocktail (page history and authors); atomic cocktail (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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