Panacea (disambiguation) — Panacea can refer to: * Panacea, goddess of healing in Greek mythology. * Panacea (butterfly) , a butterfly genus * Panacea (group), a rap group from Washington, DC * Panacea (medicine), a cure all, either physical medication or a solution to a… … Wikipedia
Panacea — A universal remedy, a cure all. The word panacea comes from the name of Panaceia, the daughter of Asklepios, the Greek god of medicine (whose staff with entwined snake is the symbol of medicine). Asklepios (known to the Romans as Aesculapius) had … Medical dictionary
panacea — [pan΄ə sē′ə] n. [L < Gr panakeia < panakēs, healing all < pan, all (see PAN ) + akos, healing, medicine < ? IE base * yēk , to cure > prob. Welsh iach, healthy, OIr hīcc, cure] a supposed remedy or medicine for all diseases or… … English World dictionary
Panacea — Pan a*ce a, n. [L., fr. Gr. pana keia fr. panakh s all healing; pa^s pa^n, all + akei^sqai to heal.] [1913 Webster] 1. A remedy for all diseases; a universal medicine; a cure all; catholicon; hence, a relief or solace for affliction. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
panacea — I noun answer, assistance, balm, catholicon, correction, corrective, curative, cure, cure all, cure for all ills, healing agent, improvement, medicament, medicine, palliative, relief, remedy, restorative, restorative agent, solution, solution to… … Law dictionary
panacea — [n] cure all catholicon, cure, elixir, nostrum, patent medicine, relief, remedy; concepts 307,311 … New thesaurus
medicine — index cure, narcotic, panacea Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Panacea — In Greek mythology, Panacea (Greek Πανάκεια , Panakeia) was the goddess of healing. She was the daughter of Asclepius, god of medicine, and the granddaughter of Apollo, god of healing (among other things).Panacea and her five sisters each… … Wikipedia
Panacea — , HYGEIA The Roman god of medicine, Aesculapius, had seven daughters, among them Panacea and Hygeia, both of whose names have passed into common usage in English. Panaceas s name means all healing. The Greek form of her name was Panakeia … Dictionary of eponyms
panacea — UK [ˌpænəˈsiːə] / US [ˌpænəˈsɪə] noun [countable] Word forms panacea : singular panacea plural panaceas 1) something that people think will solve all their problems 2) a medicine that can cure any illness … English dictionary
/pænəˈsiːə/), named after the Greek goddess of healing, Panacea, also known as panchrest, was supposed to be a remedy that would cure all diseases and prolong life indefinitely. It was sought by the alchemists as a connection to the elixir of life and the philosopher's stone, a mythical substance which would enable the transmutation of common metals into gold.
