Panacea
A remedy, cure, or medicine reputed to heal all diseases; a catholicon or universal remedy.
From the Greek (via Latin) παν + ἀκἐομαι, everything + to heal or to cure.
The OED says the first recorded usage in English was in 1548.
Panacea
A remedy, cure, or medicine reputed to heal all diseases; a catholicon or universal remedy.
From the Greek (via Latin) παν + ἀκἐομαι, everything + to heal or to cure.
The OED says the first recorded usage in English was in 1548.