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  • proper noun Greek mythology Daughter of Asclepius and Salus (or Epione). She was the personification of healing through herbs.

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Examples

  • Panax comes from the Latin word Panacea, which means? cure-all?.

    Wil's Ebay E-Store amp;34; 2010

  • … I did not find a cure for cancer, I rediscovered what is called Panacea or Universal Medicine.

    The Deceitful Critics of Intelligent Design - The Panda's Thumb 2007

  • Guzikowski has made some short films and was a competition semifinalist with a screenplay called Panacea, about a magical statue.

    Gawker: Defamer 2009

  • Have I missed on my alternate histories, such as Panacea and The Elephant Ironclads?

    Jason Stoddard, Strange and Happy » Blog Archive » Monetized Reviews and a Moment of Self-Inspection 2009

  • In "Panacea" (first published in Latin in 1587), Dutch doctor Giles Everard extols the "wonderful vertues" of tobacco in all its addictive potency.

    Rare Books on Early America 2008

  • The black-and-white silent film, which shows a relaxed Chaplin aboard his boat "Panacea" miming Greta Garbo, the Prince of Wales and Napoleon, was apparently never seen, ending up amid piles of books, manuscripts and other knickknacks in the New York apartment where he lived for 55 years before his death.

    LJWorld.com stories: News By John Curran - Associated Press Writer 2010

  • The black-and-white silent film, which shows a relaxed Chaplin aboard his boat "Panacea" miming Greta Garbo, the Prince of Wales and Napoleon, was apparently never seen, ending up amid piles of books, manuscripts and other knickknacks in the New York apartment where he lived for 55 years before his death.

    LJWorld.com stories: News By John Curran - Associated Press Writer 2010

  • The black-and-white silent film, which shows a relaxed Chaplin aboard his boat "Panacea" miming Greta Garbo, the Prince of Wales and Napoleon, was apparently never seen, ending up amid piles of books, manuscripts and other knickknacks in the New York apartment where he lived for 55 years before his death.

    Victorville Daily Press : Associated Press 2010

  • The 12-minute-plus "Panacea" follows this template as does

    Glide Magazine - Music :: Culture :: Life Glide Magazine 2010

  • There are some really fantastic parts of this song, such as the acoustic 'Panacea' and the optimistic 'Bacchu's Plateau.'

    Latest reviews @ Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website 2009

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