panacea

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The word panax in Korean Ginseng came from the Greek word panacea that means all healing.

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  1. noun A remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all.

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elixir ·  arcanum ·  remedy ·  cure-all ·  self-healing

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panacea:   panaceas
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  1. Latin panacēa, from Greek panakeia, from panakēs, all-healing : pan-, pan- + akos, cure.

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  1. =F. panacée= sp. Portuguese It panacea, from Latin panacea, an herb to which was ascribed the power of healing all diseases, from Gr.πανάκεια, a universal remedy, properly feminine of πανάκειος for πανακής, all-healing, from πᾶς (παν-), all, + ἅκος), cure.
 

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/pænəˈsiə/
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