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Definition of panacea

panacea

/ˌpæn.əˈsiː.ə/
pan · a · ce · a
Plural:panaceas
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Adjective:panacean
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panacea Lexical Profile

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• noun

1

A solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases.

Example

"While the new economic policy will help create jobs, it is not a panacea for all the country's financial problems."

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• Rhymes for panacea

• Nearby Words

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Word Origin & Etymology

Borrowed from Latin panacea, from Ancient Greek panakeia ('all-healing'), named after Panakeia, the Greek goddess of universal remedy and daughter of Asclepius, the god of medicine.

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Panacea. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/panacea
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