Today’s “Word of the Day” is “holy grail” and it is a noun meaning “an elusive thing that is in demand for its value (but very difficult to find/get) or an ultimate ambition/goal that is strongly desired for its great importance (but very difficult to achieve); Put simply, it is something that a person wants very much to have/achieve, but very difficult to find/achieve. (Holy Grail is traditionally thought to be the cup that Jesus Christ drank from at the Last Supper)”.
Example Sentence: Finding a cure for Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia, is the holy grail of medical research… Until now, no therapy had emerged that could even slow its lethal brain shrinkage,.. Treating dementia has also been an underfunded cause. By some estimates, more research has been done on Covid in the past three years than on dementia in the past century. Yet this week, a drug that works for Alzheimer’s has appeared on the horizon, raising hopes that there may be some relief from a deadly and cruel condition.
This word is present in The Guardian article The Guardian view on Alzheimer’s drugs: a working therapy would be a breakthrough and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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