- Panacean
- Panacean Pan`a*ce"an, a. Having the properties of a panacea. [R.] ``Panacean dews.'' --Whitehead. [1913 Webster]
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Panacean
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panacean — adjective see panacea … New Collegiate Dictionary
panacean — See panacea. * * * … Universalium
panacean — pan·a·ce·an … English syllables
panacean — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|sēən adjective : having the properties of a panacea … Useful english dictionary
panacea — panacean, adj. /pan euh see euh/, n. 1. a remedy for all disease or ills; cure all. 2. an answer or solution for all problems or difficulties: His economic philosophy is a good one, but he tries to use it as a panacea. [1540 50; < L < Gk panákeia … Universalium
panacea — noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek panakeia, from panakēs all healing, from pan + akos remedy Date: 1548 a remedy for all ills or difficulties ; cure all • panacean adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
Catholicon (electuary) — In pre modern medicine, catholicon was a soft electuary, so called as being supposedly universal in its curative and prophylactic abilities (see panacea); or a purger of all humours. Different authors have given different recipes for catholicon.… … Wikipedia
Mister Diz Stakes — Restricted State bred Stakes race Mister Diz Stakes Location Laurel Park Racecourse, Laurel, Maryland, United States Inaugurated 1983 Race type Thoroug … Wikipedia
panacea — [panə si:ə] noun a solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases. Derivatives panacean adjective Origin C16: via L. from Gk panakeia, from panakēs all healing … English new terms dictionary
panacea — /pænəˈsiə / (say panuh seeuh) noun 1. a remedy for all diseases; cure all. 2. a solution to all problems: technology is not the panacea some thought it would be. {Latin, from Greek panakeia} –panacean, adjective …
