name · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation, US:păn"ə-sē'ə
Received-Pronunciation, US:/ˌpæn.əˈsiː.ə/
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rhymes with -iːə
UK:/ˌpænəˈsiːə/
UK:/ˌpænəˈsɪə/
păn'-ə-sēʹ-ə
/ˌpæn.əˈsiː.ə/
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name
Meaning 1
The goddess/personification of healing, remedies, cures and panaceas (medicines, salves, ointments and other curatives). She is a daughter of Asclepius and Epione.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
(Greek mythology) the goddess of healing; daughter of Aesculapius and sister of Hygeia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Greek deity
History
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Πανακεια (Panakeia, literally “all-curing”).
From Latin panacēa, from Ancient Greek πανάκεια (panákeia), from πανακής (panakḗs, “all-healing”), from πᾶν (pân, “all”) (equivalent to English pan-) + ἄκος (ákos, “cure”).
Across languages
Translations
101 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
Панацея
(Panaceja)
— goddess of healing
French:
Panacée
— goddess of healing
Italian:
Panacea
— goddess of healing
Arabic:
تِرْيَاق
(tiryāq)
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Arabic:
ترياق
(teryaʔ)
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Arabic:
ترياق
(teryaʔ)
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Armenian:
համադարման
(hamadarman)
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Belarusian:
панацэ́я
(panacéja)
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Bulgarian:
панаце́я
(panacéja)
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Catalan:
panacea
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Chinese Mandarin:
萬應藥 /万应药
(wànyìngyào)
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Chinese Mandarin:
萬應靈藥 /万应灵药
(wànyìnglíngyào)
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Chinese Mandarin:
靈丹妙藥 /灵丹妙药
(língdānmiàoyào)
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Czech:
všelék
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Czech:
panacea
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Danish:
universalmiddel
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Danish:
patentmedicin
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Danish:
panacea
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Dutch:
panacee
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Esperanto:
panaceo
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Estonian:
panatsea
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Finnish:
yleislääke
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Finnish:
ihmelääke
— remedy believed to cure all disease
French:
panacée
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Georgian:
პანაცეა
(ṗanacea)
— remedy believed to cure all disease
German:
Allheilmittel
— remedy believed to cure all disease
German:
Panazee
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Greek:
πανάκεια
(panákeia)
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Ancient Greek:
πανάκεια
(panákeia)
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Hindi:
रामबाण
(rāmbāṇ)
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Hindi:
महौषधि
(mahauṣdhi)
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Hungarian:
csodaszer
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Icelandic:
undralyf
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Icelandic:
kynjalyf
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Indonesian:
panasea
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Italian:
panacea
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Italian:
toccasana
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Italian:
triaca
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Japanese:
万能薬
(bannōyaku)
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Korean:
만병통치약
(manbyeongtongchiyak)
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Latin:
panacēa
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Latvian:
panaceja
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Lithuanian:
panacėja
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Macedonian:
панаце́ја
(panacéja)
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Norwegian Bokmål:
universalmiddel
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Norwegian Bokmål:
universalmedisin
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Norwegian Bokmål:
mirakelkur
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Persian:
نوشدارو
(nuš-dâru)
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Persian:
انوشدارو
(anuš-dâru)
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Polish:
panaceum
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Portuguese:
panaceia
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Romanian:
panaceu
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Russian:
панаце́я
(panacéja)
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Scottish Gaelic:
uil-ìoc
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Serbo-Croatian:
панаце́ја
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Serbo-Croatian:
panacéja
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Slovak:
všeliek
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Slovene:
panaceja
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Spanish:
panacea
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Swedish:
patentmedicin
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Swedish:
panace
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Swedish:
universalmedicin
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Swedish:
universalläkemedel
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Swedish:
panacé
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Swedish:
universalmedel
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Swedish:
mirakelkur
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Thai:
ยาแก้สรรพโรค
(yaa-gɛ̂ɛ-sàp-pá-rôok)
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Thai:
ยาระงับสรรพโรค
(yaa-rá-ngáp-sàp-pá-rôok)
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Thai:
ยาครอบจักรวาล
(yaa-krɔ̂ɔp-jàk-grà-waan)
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Turkish:
her derde deva
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Ukrainian:
панаце́я
(panacéja)
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Yiddish:
אַלהיילער
(alheyler)
— remedy believed to cure all disease
Catalan:
panacea
— solution to all problems
Chinese Mandarin:
靈丹妙藥 /灵丹妙药
(língdānmiàoyào)
— solution to all problems
Czech:
všelék
— solution to all problems
Dutch:
wondermiddel
— solution to all problems
Finnish:
yleislääke
— solution to all problems
Finnish:
ihmelääke
— solution to all problems
Finnish:
ihmeratkaisu
— solution to all problems
French:
panacée
— solution to all problems
German:
Allheilmittel
— solution to all problems
German:
Patentrezept
— solution to all problems
German:
Wunderwaffe
— solution to all problems
Icelandic:
allra meina bót
— solution to all problems
Icelandic:
töfraformúla
— solution to all problems
Italian:
panacea
— solution to all problems
Polish:
panaceum
— solution to all problems
Portuguese:
panaceia
— solution to all problems
Russian:
панаце́я
(panacéja)
— solution to all problems
Spanish:
panacea
— solution to all problems
Spanish:
mano de santo
— solution to all problems
Swedish:
panace
— solution to all problems
Swedish:
universalmedel
— solution to all problems
Swedish:
patentlösning
— solution to all problems
Turkish:
her şeyin çaresi
— solution to all problems
Ukrainian:
панаце́я
(panacéja)
— solution to all problems
Welsh:
ateb
— solution to all problems
Chinese Mandarin:
纈草 /缬草
(xiécǎo)
— particular plant