Panacea

/ˌpæn.əˈsiː.ə/ · noun

Meaning

A remedy believed to cure all disease and prolong life that was originally sought by alchemists; a cure-all..

Definitions by Sense

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.
3. (obsolete) The plant allheal (Valeriana officinalis), believed to cure all ills.

Example Sentences

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...

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.

Hydrogen is not a panacea for reaching the zero net emissions target by 2050, but it can grow to become "a big niche" fuel in particular sectors and applications, claims a new report.

But dollarization is not a panacea for Argentina’s crisis-stricken economy, analysts say.

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• panaceas
• panaceae
• panaceæ
• panacaea
• panacæa

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