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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PANACE'A, n. [L. from Gr. all, and to cure.]
1. A remedy for all diseases; a universal medicine.
2. An herb.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
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 [syn: panacea, nostrum, catholicon, cure-all]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek panakeia, from panak?s all-healing, from pan- + akos remedy Date: 1548 a remedy for all ills or difficulties ; cure-all • panacean adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a universal remedy. Derivatives: panacean adj. Etymology: L f. Gk panakeia f. panakes all-healing (as PAN-, akos remedy)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(panaceas) If you say that something is not a panacea for a particular set of problems, you mean that it will not solve all those problems. Membership of the ERM is not a panacea for Britain's economic problems... N-COUNT: usu with brd-neg

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Catholicon, cure-all, panpharmacon, universal medicine, universal remedy.