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| breakthrough |
A breakthrough is an important discovery. It's a discovery that solves a problem that has been preventing progress in trying to achieve something. Let's say, for example, that scientists have been looking for a cure for a disease for a long time but there is a problem that they can't solve. This problem prevents them from making progress in finding a cure. Then, one group of scientists has a breakthrough that solves this problem. Suddenly, it is much more possible that a cure will be found. |
| cure |
A cure is something that makes a sick person get well again. We are lucky that there are cures for many diseases nowadays. [2/3 definitions] |
| drug |
a substance used to cure or heal; medicine. [1/3 definitions] |
| heal |
to make whole or healthy again; cure. [1/2 definitions] |
| technology |
Technology is all of the machines and other things that scientists and engineers have developed to help solve the problems that human beings face, such as how to produce food, how to cure disease, how to transport goods and people, how to communicate with others, how to produce energy. It is also the field of knowledge that has to do with these inventions. Many students in high school and in college, for example, study technology as well as science. Nowadays, technology is often connected with the development and use of computers. [1/2 definitions] |
| therapy |
treatment meant to cure a disease or heal an injury. |
| treat |
to attempt to relieve or cure. [1/9 definitions] |
| treatment |
giving medicine or using other ways to help cure a disease or heal an injury. [1/2 definitions] |
| worm |
to treat or cure the disease caused by worms. [1/7 definitions] |
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