atomic cocktail

idiomatic

(idiomatic, medicine) A drinkable liquid containing a radioactive substance, used in health care either as a diagnostic aid or as a treatment, especially for cancer of the thyroid.

Japanese Meaning

放射性物質を含む飲用可能な液体で、診断補助や治療（特に甲状腺がん）に使用される医療用の薬剤

What is this buttons?

Before the scan, the patient swallowed an atomic cocktail to help doctors image her thyroid.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

検査の前に、患者は甲状腺の画像診断を助けるために放射性ヨウ素溶液を服用した。

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(idiomatic, medicine) A drinkable liquid containing a radioactive substance, used in health care 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."

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