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Grammar : Noun
Spell : pan-uh-see-uh
Phonetic Transcription : ˌpæn əˈsi ə



Definition of panacea

Origin :
  • "universal remedy," 1540s, from Latin panacea, a herb (variously identified) that would heal all illnesses, from Greek panakeia "cure-all," from panakes "all-healing," from pan- "all" (see pan-) + akos "cure," from iasthai "to heal" (see -iatric). Earlier in English as panace (1510s).
  • noun cure-all
Example sentences :
  • A brick may be considered a panacea, and may be carried in the hat.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 11, June 11, 1870 » by Various
  • Government interference, the panacea of cranks and schemers.
  • Extract from : « The Railroad Question » by William Larrabee
  • It is merely a spoon with which the panacea can be administered.
  • Extract from : « The New Nation » by Frederic L. Paxson
  • Then rest is sought for—rest is looked for as the panacea for all evils.
  • Extract from : « Old Jack » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • I'm not a woman—tears are no panacea for suffering like mine.
  • Extract from : « The Music Master » by Charles Klein
  • He is not offering a panacea for the Jewish problem, universally applicable.
  • Extract from : « The Melting-Pot » by Israel Zangwill
  • Tea is your panacea for all human ills yet there isn't any nourishment in it.
  • Extract from : « Rose in Bloom » by Louisa May Alcott
  • Liberty was the watchword of society—the panacea for all social ills.
  • Extract from : « The Spirit of American Government » by J. Allen Smith
  • There was Plasmon, that "panacea for all human ills which osteopathy could not reach."
  • Extract from : « The Ordeal of Mark Twain » by Van Wyck Brooks
  • Margaret did not feel as if the dinner-parties would be a panacea.
  • Extract from : « North and South » by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

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