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panacea

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pan·a·ce·a  (pn-s)
n.
A remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all.
[Latin panaca, from Greek panakeia, from panaks, all-healing : pan-, pan- + akos, cure.]
pana·cean adj.
panacea [pan-a-see-a]
Noun
a remedy for all diseases or problems [Greek pan- all + akēs remedy]
panacea
a cure-all or universal remedy; an elixir. — panacean, adj.
See also: Remedies
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Panacea - (Greek mythology) the goddess of healing; daughter of Aesculapius and sister of Hygeia
2.panacea - hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists
catholicon, cure-all, nostrum
curative, cure, therapeutic, remedy - a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
elixir - a substance believed to cure all ills
panacea
noun cure-all, elixir, nostrum, heal-all, sovereign remedy, universal cure
Translations
Spanish panacea [pænəˈsɪə] n → panacea
French panacea [pænəˈsɪə] n → panacée f
German panacea [pænəˈsɪə] n → Allheilmittel nt
Italian panacea [pænəˈsɪə] n → panacea
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His panacea was somewhat in the nature of an anti-climax, but at least it had the merits of simplicity and of common sense.
Dead Men Tell No Tales by Hornung, E. W. View in context
Poor Hannah was the first to recover, and with unconscious wisdom she set all the rest a good example, for with her, work was panacea for most afflictions.
Little Women by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
For my panacea, instead of one of those quack vials of a mixture dipped from Acheron and the Dead Sea, which come out of those long shallow black-schooner looking wagons which we sometimes see made to carry bottles, let me have a draught of undiluted morning air.
Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context
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