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Panacea

//ˌpæn.əˈsiː.ə// name, noun

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Proper Noun

1
The goddess/personification of healing, remedies, cures and panaceas (medicines, salves, ointments and other curatives). She is a daughter of Asclepius and Epione. Greek

Noun

1
A remedy believed to cure all disease and prolong life that was originally sought by alchemists; a cure-all.
2
hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists wordnet
3
A solution to all problems.
"A monorail will be a panacea for our traffic woes."
4
The plant allheal (Valeriana officinalis), believed to cure all ills. obsolete
"There, whether it diuine Tobacco were, / Or Panachæa, or Polygony, / She found, and brought it to her patient deare […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin panacēa, from Ancient Greek πανάκεια (panákeia), from πανακής (panakḗs, “all-healing”), from πᾶν (pân, “all”) (equivalent to English pan-) + ἄκος (ákos, “cure”).

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek Πανακεια (Panakeia, literally “all-curing”).

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