Tweet. Share this. Radiotherapy or radiation therapy is the general term for the use of radiation in the treatment of disease. Radiotherapy uses ionizing radiation to kill harmful cells in the body. Ionizing radiation can come from many sources, such as x-rays, gamma rays, or proton beams.When used for cancer treatments, radiation kills cancerous cells and shrinks tumors.weet. Share this. Radiotherapy or radiation therapy is the general term for the use of radiation in the treatment of disease. Radiotherapy uses ionizing radiation to kill harmful cells in the body. Ionizing radiation can come from many sources, such as x-rays, gamma rays, or proton beams.
Definition of impediment. 1 : something that impedes; especially : an impairment (as a stutter or a lisp) that interferes with the proper articulation of speech.
A rub is an impediment and is taken from the sport of bowls, where rub means that something hinders the free movement of your bowl. without rub or impediment (Swift) Like a bowle that runneth in a smooth allie,without anie rub (Stanihurst) So the phrase roughly means: That's where the problem is. I don't think it is misused nowadays half as much as Wherefore art thou, Romeo? being used to mean Where are you? instead of Why are you?