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panacea(dictionary)

panacea (iou)



panacea noun. M16.
[Latin from Greek panakeia, from panakes all-healing, formed as PAN- + base of akos remedy: see -A1.]
A remedy for all diseases; a thing for solving all difficulties or adopted in every case of difficulty. M16.
B. Pym 'Buy yourself a new hat, my dear'his panacea for most feminine ills.
= PANACE. L16-E18.
panacean adjective of the nature of a panacea M17.
panaceist noun a person who believes in or applies a panacea E19.