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US
/ˌpænəˈsiə/
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[ UK /pˌænɐsˈiːɐ/ ]
[ UK /pˌænɐsˈiːɐ/ ]
NOUN
- hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists
How To Use panacea In A Sentence
- A lot of them were marked, or born wrong, or crooked, or scabious, looking for help from the Nazarene, for some panacea. A ROOMFUL OF BIRDS - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES 1990
- If those consumers think the drug industrial monopolists already charge too much for pills and panaceas, just wait until the privately patented and monopolized ‘stem cell cures’ hit the market…
- One of his idiosyncrasies was a faith in coffee as a panacea; and I heard that while sickening he deluged himself with that beverage, to what profit let physicians say. From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life
- Sadly, it is no panacea for a low libido. Times, Sunday Times
- Habitat wind township and village roads panacea , Micronesia, as beads Network, to facilitate passenger and freight.
- They are here for serious pampering, thalassotherapy being the fashionable panacea for 21st Century stress.
- Budget overruns, delays and upsets have shown project management is no panacea. Times, Sunday Times
- It is not a panacea for existing ills. Times, Sunday Times
- Not even my usual panacea for brainache - a glass of red wine - seems to do the trick.
- Is it really the panacea it occasionally claims to be, and can we make a step change in ROI through enthusiastic adoption of novel communication such as Wikis, Tweets and Blogs? CIMCIG « pwcom 2.0