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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists [syn: panacea, nostrum, catholicon, cure-all]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1801 a remedy for all ills ; panacea

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(cure-alls) A cure-all is something that is believed, usually wrongly, to be able to solve all the problems someone or something has, or to cure a wide range of illnesses. He said the introduction of market discipline to the economy was not a magic cure-all for its problems... = panacea N-COUNT: oft N for n