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panacea noun [ ˌpanəˈsiːə ]

• a solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases.
• "the panacea for all corporate ills"
Similar: universal cure, cure-all, cure for all ills, universal remedy, sovereign remedy, heal-all, nostrum, elixir, wonder drug, perfect solution, magic formula, magic bullet, catholicon, diacatholicon, panpharmacon,
Origin: mid 16th century: via Latin from Greek panakeia, from panakēs ‘all-healing’, from pan ‘all’ + akos ‘remedy’.


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