English noun: Panacea | |||
1. | Panacea (person) (Greek mythology) the goddess of healing; daughter of Aesculapius and sister of Hygeia | ||
Instance hypernym | Greek deity | ||
2. | panacea (artifact) hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists | ||
Synonyms | catholicon, cure-all, nostrum | ||
Broader (hypernym) | curative, cure, remedy, therapeutic | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | elixir | ||