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Look up: Panacea

  1. panacea
    [n] - hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. panacea
    a cure-all
    Found on http://www.andybarson.co.uk/Aroma/glossa

  3. Panacea
    An agent good for what ails you, or what doesn't ail you. A 'cure-all'.
    Found on http://www.naturedirect2u.com/glossaryme

  4. Panacea
    Panacea: A universal remedy, a cure-all. The word 'panacea' comes from the name of Panaceia, the daughter of Asklepios, the Greek god of medicine (whose staff with entwined snake is the symbol of medicine). Asklepios (known to the Romans as Aesculapius) had a number of children including not only Panaceia but also Hygieia, the goddess of health (fr ...
    Found on http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.

  5. Panacea
    Pan`a·ce'a noun [ Latin , from Greek ..., from ... all-healing; ..., ..., all + ... to heal.] 1. A remedy for all diseases; a universal medicine; a cure-all; catholicon; hence, a relief or solace for affliction. 2. (Botany) The herb allheal.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/11

  6. panacea
    A cure for all illnesses (Greek derivation). ... (16 Dec 1997) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  7. panacea
    nostrum 1 catholicon noun hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  8. Panacea
    noun (Greek mythology) the goddess of healing; daughter of Aesculapius and sister of Hygeia
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  9. Panacea
    In Greek mythology, `Panacea` was the goddess of cures. She was the daughter of Asclepius, god of medicine, and the granddaughter of Apollo, god of healing (among other things). Panacea and her five sisters each performed a facet of Apollo's art: Panacea was the goddess of cures, Iaso was the goddess of recuperation, Hygieia was the goddess of disease prevention, Aceso was the goddess of recovery, Meditrina was the goddess of longevity, and Agla...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panacea

  10. panacea
    (pan″ә-se´ә) a remedy for all diseases.
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns

  11. Panacea
    • (n.) The herb allheal. • (n.) A remedy for all diseases; a universal medicine; a cure-all; catholicon; hence, a relief or solace for affliction.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  12. panacea
    panacea A cure-all; a remedy claimed to be a curative of all diseases. From Greek panakeia, universal remedy, from Panacea, Aesculapius' daughter.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  13. panacea
    A cure-all; a remedy claimed to be curative of all diseases. [G. panakeia, universal remedy, fr. Panacea, Aesculapius' daughter]
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21 November 2009

This day in history:
On 21st November 1974 the Provisional IRA plants bombs in two Birmingham pubs: the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town. Twenty-one people die and 182 are injured. A few minutes before the explosions a warning had been telephoned to the local newspaper, the Birmingham Post and Mail, but it was far too late. The first Birmingham bomb, at the Mulberry Bush pub in the basement of the Rotunda, a 20-storey office and retail complex and it exploded six minutes after the telephone warning. There was not enough time for police to clear the area. Earlier that year nine soldiers were killed when a bomb exploded on a coach on the M62 near Bradford, while two bombs in Guildford killed four soldiers and injured scores of other people. read more

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