Dictionary

panacea en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌpænəˈsiːə/ (UK)
• (US) audio
• /ˌpæn.əˈsiː.ə/
• păn'-ə-sēʹ-ə
• /ˌpænəˈsɪə/ (UK)

Etymology

From Latin panacēa, from Ancient Greek πανάκεια (panákeia), from πανακής (panakḗs, “all-healing”), from πᾶν (pân, “all”) (equivalent to English pan-) + ἄκος (ákos, “cure”).

Meanings

1. A remedy believed to cure all disease and prolong life that was originally sought by alchemists; a cure-all.
2. A solution to all problems.
   • But dollarization is not a panacea for Argentina’s crisis-stricken economy, analysts say. 2023 October 23, Anna Cooban, “Javier Milei wants Argentina to swap the peso for the US dollar. Here’s what that could mean”, in CNN Business:
   • When busy he was better, and appeared to think perpetual motion a panacea for his unnamed and un-nameable complaint; and so much were they hurried from place to place, after their arrival at Genoa, that both sisters were thankful when they embarked again, as the sea appeared a resting-place... 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXVII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 53:
   • A monorail will be a panacea for our traffic woes.
   • Hydrogen is not a panacea for reaching the zero net emissions target by 2050, but it can grow to become "a big niche" fuel in particular sectors and applications, claims a new report. 2023 January 11, “Network News: MPs seek clarity on hydrogen's role”, in RAIL, number 974, page 13:
   • Podson was seated on the bed, going through such turf forecasts as he could find in the papers; his panacea for correcting the mistakes of fortune. 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 206:
3. (obsolete) The plant allheal (Valeriana officinalis), believed to cure all ills.
   • There, whether it diuine Tobacco were, / Or Panachæa, or Polygony, / She found, and brought it to her patient deare […] 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

panaceist · panacean

Hyponyms

mithridate and theriac (remedy to cure all disease)

Relateds

nostrum

Synonyms

catholicon (remedy to cure all disease) · allheal (plant) · miracle (solution to all problems) · magic bullet (solution to all problems) · balm of Gilead (remedy to cure all disease) · silver bullet (solution to all problems) · theriac (remedy to cure all disease) · elixir (remedy to cure all disease) · cure-all (remedy to cure all disease) · chicken soup · heal-all · woundwort (plant) · wonder drug (remedy to cure all disease) · miracle cure (remedy to cure all disease)

Translations (98)

fr panacée (remedy believed to cure all disease) · grc πανάκεια (remedy believed to cure all disease) · hu csodaszer (remedy believed to cure all disease) · sv patentlösning (solution to all problems) · is undralyf (remedy believed to cure all disease) · th ยาแก้สรรพโรค (remedy believed to cure all disease) · gd uil-ìoc (remedy believed to cure all disease) · sv panace (remedy believed to cure all disease) · pl panaceum (remedy believed to cure all disease) · it toccasana (remedy believed to cure all disease) · uk панаце́я (solution to all problems) · it panacea (solution to all problems) · cy ateb (solution to all problems) · et panatsea (remedy believed to cure all disease) · lt panacėja (remedy believed to cure all disease) · is allra meina bót (solution to all problems) · mk панаце́ја (remedy believed to cure all disease) · ca panacea (solution to all problems) · fi ihmeratkaisu (solution to all problems) · ja 万能薬 (remedy believed to cure all disease) · nl wondermiddel (solution to all problems) · el πανάκεια (remedy believed to cure all disease) · be панацэ́я (remedy believed to cure all disease) · id panasea (remedy believed to cure all disease) · es panacea (remedy believed to cure all disease) · sv universalläkemedel (remedy believed to cure all disease) · cmn 靈丹妙藥 /灵丹妙药 (solution to all problems) · apc ترياق (remedy believed to cure all disease) · de Allheilmittel (remedy believed to cure all disease) · sl panaceja (remedy believed to cure all disease) · da universalmiddel (remedy believed to cure all disease) · hy համադարման (remedy believed to cure all disease) · ca panacea (remedy believed to cure all disease) · sk všeliek (remedy believed to cure all disease) · cs všelék (remedy believed to cure all disease) · es panacea (solution to all problems) · fi yleislääke (remedy believed to cure all disease) · sv panace (solution to all problems) · fi panacea (particular plant) · la panacēa (particular plant) · nb universalmiddel (remedy believed to cure all disease) · it panacea (remedy believed to cure all disease) · hi रामबाण (remedy believed to cure all disease) · fa نوشدارو (remedy believed to cure all disease) · pl panaceum (solution to all problems) · yi אַלהיילער (remedy believed to cure all disease) · fi yleislääke (solution to all problems) · la panacēa (remedy believed to cure all disease) · th ยาระงับสรรพโรค (remedy believed to cure all disease) · uk панаце́я (remedy believed to cure all disease) · sv panacé (remedy believed to cure all disease) · ru панаце́я (remedy believed to cure all disease) · da patentmedicin (remedy believed to cure all disease) · it triaca (remedy believed to cure all disease) · ru панаце́я (solution to all problems) · cmn 萬應靈藥 /万应灵药 (remedy believed to cure all disease) · arz ترياق (remedy believed to cure all disease) · pt panaceia (solution to all problems) · sv patentmedicin (remedy believed to cure all disease) · de Allheilmittel (solution to all problems) · es mano de santo (solution to all problems) · sv universalmedicin (remedy believed to cure all disease) · fa انوشدارو (remedy believed to cure all disease) · cmn 萬應藥 /万应药 (remedy believed to cure all disease) · hi महौषधि (remedy believed to cure all disease) · tr her şeyin çaresi (solution to all problems) · nb mirakelkur (remedy believed to cure all disease) · bg панаце́я (remedy believed to cure all disease) · ro panaceu (remedy believed to cure all disease) · de Wunderwaffe (solution to all problems) · cs všelék (solution to all problems) · sv mirakelkur (remedy believed to cure all disease) · fi ihmelääke (solution to all problems) · pt panaceia (remedy believed to cure all disease) · de Panazee (remedy believed to cure all disease) · tr her derde deva (remedy believed to cure all disease) · ar تِرْيَاق (remedy believed to cure all disease) · sh панаце́ја (remedy believed to cure all disease) · cmn 靈丹妙藥 /灵丹妙药 (remedy believed to cure all disease) · gd uil-ìoc (particular plant) · nl panacee (remedy believed to cure all disease) · fi ihmelääke (remedy believed to cure all disease) · da panacea (remedy believed to cure all disease) · is kynjalyf (remedy believed to cure all disease) · cs panacea (remedy believed to cure all disease) · ka პანაცეა (remedy believed to cure all disease) · is töfraformúla (solution to all problems) · fr panacée (solution to all problems) · nb universalmedisin (remedy believed to cure all disease) · th ยาครอบจักรวาล (remedy believed to cure all disease) · de Patentrezept (solution to all problems) · cmn 纈草 /缬草 (particular plant) · lv panaceja (remedy believed to cure all disease) · sh panacéja (remedy believed to cure all disease) · ko 만병통치약 (remedy believed to cure all disease) · eo panaceo (remedy believed to cure all disease) · sv universalmedel (remedy believed to cure all disease) · sv universalmedel (solution to all problems)

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