panacea
IPA: pænʌsˈiʌ
noun
- A remedy believed to cure all disease and prolong life that was originally sought by alchemists; a cure-all.
- A solution to all problems.
- (obsolete) The plant allheal (Valeriana officinalis), believed to cure all ills.
- (Greek mythology) The goddess/personification of healing, remedies, cures and panaceas (medicines, salves, ointments and other curatives). She is a daughter of Asclepius and Epione.
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Examples of "panacea" in Sentences
- It's not the panacea you seem to think it is.
- Doesn't the word 'panacea' imply universality
- I have no agenda in promoting the Rites as a panacea.
- The supplement is considered a panacea by some Cubans.
- Nanobots are a very real panacea on the cards at present.
- This brought about the concept of the panacea in medicine.
- Tourists flocked to Panacea to bask in the restorative springs.
- But this plan was not designed as a panacea for the refugee crisis.
- The american system of democracy is not the solution or panacea for this.
- For the next decade cocaine enjoyed the status of a wonder drug and panacea.