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panacea
a solution for all difficulties or diseases
Synonyms
- cure-all
Antonyms
- bane
- curse
panacea in a sentence
There is no panacea for the social problems of the city.
Exercise is no panacea, but it helps many things.
Where it comes from
From Greek pan 'all' + akos 'remedy'
Memory hook
PAN (all) + ACEA (cure) — cures all.
Word parts
- pan — every, all
panacea: pan- (all) + akos (cure)
Read it in context
- Signals After Midnight Science