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Cureall
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
The name of various plants having real or supposed medicinal virtues: in most cases a translation like heal-all and all-heal, but applied specifically to the water avens, Geum rivale, and the garden or lemon balm, Melissa officinalis. The evening primrose, Œnothera biennis, is called king's cure-all.
noun.
A remedy for all kinds of diseases; a panacea.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
A remedy for all diseases, or for all ills; a panacea.
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noun.
hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists
Word Usage
"Anyone familiar with the state of the American pharmaceutical markets in the late 19th and early 20th centuries prior to government regulations would laugh at the blithe and banal praise of “consumer choice” as a miracle cureall."