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pan·a·ce·a  audio  (pn-s) KEY 

NOUN:
A remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all.
ETYMOLOGY:
Latin panaca, from Greek panakeia, from panaks, all-healing : pan-, pan- + akos, cure

OTHER FORMS:
pana·cean(Adjective)


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