OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 6954

panacea

/ˌpæn.əˈsiː.ə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
curalotodo • panacea
A remedy believed to cure all disease and prolong life that was originally sought by alchemists; a cure-all.
mano de santo • panacea
A solution to all problems.
A monorail will be a panacea for our traffic woes.
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…