panacea

Definition

A solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases — a universal cure, real or imagined.

Etymology

From Greek panakeia (a cure-all), from Panakeia, daughter of Asklepios (god of medicine). Pan (all) + akos (remedy). Panacea was literally a goddess — the personification of universal remedy. Her name survives as a warning against believing in easy answers.

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