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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