cobalt-beam therapy
cobalt-beam therapy
[¦kō‚bȯlt ¦bēm ′ther·ə·pē] (medicine)
Therapy involving the use of gamma radiation from a cobalt-60 source mounted in a cobalt bomb. Also known as cobalt therapy.
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