A remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all.
[Latin panacēa, from Greek panakeia, from panakēs, all-healing : pan-, pan- + akos, cure.]
panacean pan'a·ce'an adj.
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panacea
Some antidote or remedy that completely solves a problem. Most so-called panaceas in this industry, if they survive at all, wind up sitting alongside and working with the products they were supposed to replace. In addition, nothing solves a problem without introducing its own new set of problems. See Systemantics.
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panacea
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- Something believed to cure all human disorders: catholicon, cure-all. See help/harm/harmless.
Veterinary Dictionary:
panacea
A remedy for all diseases.
Word Tutor:
panacea
IN BRIEF: A remedy or medicine proposed for or professing to cure all diseases.
Change is an easy panacea. It takes character to stay in one place and be happy there.
— Elizabeth C. Dunn.
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Panacea
This article is about the Greek goddess. For other uses, see Panacea (disambiguation).
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In Greek mythology, Panacea (Greek Πανάκεια, Panakeia) was the goddess of cures. 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 performed a facet of Apollo's art: Panacea was the goddess of cures, Iaso was the goddess of recuperation, Hygieia was the goddess of disease prevention, Aceso was the goddess of recovery, Meditrina was the goddess of longevity, and Aglaea was the goddess of natural beauty.
Panacea also had four brothers — Podaleirus, one of the two kings of Tricca, who had a flair for diagnostics, and Machaon, the other king of Tricca, who was a master surgeon (these two took part in the Trojan War until Machaon was killed by Penthesilea, queen of the Amazons); Telesphoros, who devoted his life to serving Asclepius; and Aratus, her step-brother, who was a Greek hero and the patron/liberator of Sicyon.
Panacea was said to have a poultice or potion with which she healed the sick. This brought about the concept of the panacea.
Etymology
- Panacea is from Greek Panakeia, from panakés, "all healing"; pas (neuter pan), "all" (from Indo-European *kua-nt-, a zero-grade extension of *keu-, "large space; vault; hole") + akos, "cure" (perhaps from Indo-European *yék-, "to heal").
- Hygieia is from Greek hugeia, "health", from Indo-European *su-gwiyes-ya, "living in good condition"; *su-, "well" + *gwei-, "to live".
- Iaso is from Greek iasthai, "to cure; to heal".
Panakism
Genealogy
(the primordial serpent Ophion sets alight the edges of Chaos, out of which is born Eurynome)
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Ophion + Eurynome
(Ophion coils around Eurynome, the moon, and she flies away as a white bird, laying six silver eggs, one of which will be Gaea)
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Gaea
(conceives a child without fertilization)
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Uranus + Gaea
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Cronus + Rhea
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Zeus + Leto
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Apollo + Coronis, princess of Epidaurus (or Arsinoe, princess of Messenia)
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Asclepius + Epione (or Salus)
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Panacea
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Panacea
Dansk (Danish)
n. - universalmiddel, patentmiddel
Français (French)
n. - panacée
Deutsch (German)
n. - Allheilmittel
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πανάκεια, γιατρικό για όλες τις αρρώστιες
Português (Portuguese)
n. - panacéia (f)
Español (Spanish)
n. - panacea
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - universalmedel, patentlösning
中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
万能药
中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 萬靈藥
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) الدواء العام
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - תרופת מרפאת-כל
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