pan·a·ce·a (p
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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.
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Noun
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Panacea – (Greek mythology) the goddess of healing; daughter of Aesculapius and sister of Hygeia
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panacea – hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists
elixir – a substance believed to cure all ills
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