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pan·a·ce·a

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–noun

1.	a remedy for all disease or ills; cure-all.

2.	an answer or solution for all problems or difficulties: His economic philosophy is a good one, but he tries to use it as a panacea.

[Origin: 1540–50; < L < Gk panákeia, equiv. to panake-, s. of panaks all-healing (pan- pan- + aks a cure) + -ia -ia

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—Related forms

pan·a·ce·an, adjective

—Synonyms 1, 2. elixir, nostrum.

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Pan·a·ce·a

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an ancient Greek goddess of healing.

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pan·a·ce·a Audio Help (pān'ə-sē'ə) Pronunciation Key
n. A remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all.

[Latin panacēa, from Greek panakeia, from panakēs, all-healing : pan-, pan- + akos, cure.]

pan'a·ce'an adj.

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panacea

1548, from L. panacea, an all-healing herb (variously identified), from Gk. panakeia "cure-all," from panakes "all-healing," from pan- "all" + akos "cure," from iasthai "to heal." Earlier in Eng. as panace (1513).

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panacea
noun
1.	(Greek mythology) the goddess of healing; daughter of Aesculapius and sister of Hygeia
2.	hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists

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pan·a·ce·a (pn-s)
n.

A remedy claimed to be curative of all problems or disorders; a cure-all.

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Main Entry: pan·a·cea
Pronunciation: "pan-&-'sE-&
Function: noun
: a remedy for all ills or difficulties —pan·a·ce·an /-'sE-&n/ adjective

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Di`a*pa"son\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? (i. e., ? ? ? the concord of the first and last notes, the octave); dia` through + ?, gen. pl. of ? all: cf. F. diapason. Cf. Panacea.]

1. (Gr. Mus.) The octave, or interval which includes all the tones of the diatonic scale.

2. Concord, as of notes an octave apart; harmony.

The fair music that all creatures made . . . In perfect diapason. --Milton.

3. The entire compass of tones.

Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in man. --Dryden.

4. A standard of pitch; a tuning fork; as, the French normal diapason.

5. One of certain stops in the organ, so called because they extend through the scale of the instrument. They are of several kinds, as open diapason, stopped diapason, double diapason, and the like.

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Panacea

Pan`a*ce"a\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? all-healing; ?, ?, all + ? to heal.]

1. A remedy for all diseases; a universal medicine; a cure-all; catholicon; hence, a relief or solace for affliction.

2. (Bot.) The herb allheal.

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