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panacea
/ˌpæn.əˈsiː.ə/
noun 3name 1
Collocations
3ADJ.
considered, kind, perpetual, unnamed
VERB + PANACEA
isn't
PANACEA + NOUN
traffic
Definitions
noun
1
A remedy believed to cure all disease and prolong life that was originally sought by alchemists; a cure-all.
2
A solution to all problems.
A monorail will be a panacea for our traffic woes.
When busy he was better, and appeared to think perpetual motion a panacea for his unnamed and un-nameable complaint; and so much were they hurried from place to place, after their arrival at Genoa, that both sisters were thankful when they embarked again, as the sea appeared a resting-place...
3
The plant allheal (Valeriana officinalis), believed to cure all ills.
There, whether it diuine Tobacco were, / Or Panachæa, or Polygony, / She found, and brought it to her patient deare […]
name
1
The goddess/personification of healing, remedies, cures and panaceas (medicines, salves, ointments and other curatives). She is a daughter of Asclepius and Epione.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases
- nostrum
- catholicon
- cure-all
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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A monorail will be a panacea for our traffic woes.
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When busy he was better, and appeared to think perpetual motion a panacea for his unnamed and un-nameable complaint; and so much were they hurried from place to place, after their arrival at Genoa, th
Wiktionary03
Podson was seated on the bed, going through such turf forecasts as he could find in the papers; his panacea for correcting the mistakes of fortune.
Wiktionary04
In the Middle Ages, water from the sacred spring was considered a panacea.
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Telecommuting is not the panacea.
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It's no panacea, so don't expect any miracles from it.
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