Panacea Definition

pănə-sēə
noun
A supposed remedy or medicine for all diseases or ills; cure-all.
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Something that will solve all problems.

A monorail will be a panacea for our traffic woes.
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(Greek mythology) The goddess/personification of healing, remedies, cures and panaceas (medicines, salves, oinments and other curatives). She is a daughter of Asclepius and Epione.

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Other Word Forms of Panacea

Noun

Singular:
panacea
Plural:
panace, panaceas

Origin of Panacea

  • From Latin panacÄ“a, from Ancient Greek πανάκεια (panakeia), from πανακής (panakÄ“s, “all-healing"), from πᾶν (pan, “all") (equivalent to English pan-) + ἄκος (akos, “cure").

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin panacēa from Greek panakeia from panakēs all-healing pan- pan- akos cure

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Ancient Greek Πανακεια (Panakeia, literally “Curing, Cure All").

    From Wiktionary

Panacea Sentence Examples

  • He finds his panacea in the concrete life of humanity.

  • Imprisonment, albeit somewhat modified and diluted, continues to be used as the chief penalty and most trusted panacea for all crime.

  • It is the great panacea, a cure for all ills.

  • That is not to say that green tea is a panacea.

  • After years of incarceration the outside had become the panacea to all my ills.

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Words Starting With

PPAPAN

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