Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Panacea"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
panacea
n : hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by
the alchemists [syn: {nostrum}, {cure-all}]
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