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panacea
/ˌpænəˈsiə/
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Stress “see,” the third syllable.
Use four syllables, with a lighter secondary beat at the beginning. The c represents s, followed by a strong ee vowel and a light final uh.
4 syllables · Stress on syllable 3
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“A bigger budget is no panacea for poor planning.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does panacea mean?
noun
- A remedy believed to cure all disease and prolong life that was originally sought by alchemists; a cure-all.
- A solution to all problems.
proper noun
- The goddess/personification of healing, remedies, cures and panaceas (medicines, salves, ointments and other curatives). She is a daughter of Asclepius and Epione.
More meanings (1)
noun
- (obsolete) The plant allheal (Valeriana officinalis), believed to cure all ills.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌpænəˈsiə/
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In such matters freedom is not a panacea, and some degree of legal restriction seems imperative for the national health.
An outdoor life is often better than medicine and is a panacea for the "ills that human flesh is heir to."
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Surgery to him was a panacea, and the operation, which he promised to be her saving, was to be her tragedy.
He was getting some vague comfort out of a good cigar, but it was no panacea for the ill which affected him.
"Emigration is the true specific. The waste lands of the world are crying aloud for the application of surplus labour. Emigration is the panacea."