Word Meanings - CATHOLICON - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A remedy for all diseases; a panacea.

Related words: (words related to CATHOLICON)

• PANACEA
  The herb allheal. (more info) 1. A remedy for all diseases; a universal medicine; a cure-all; catholicon; hence, a relief or solace for affliction.
• PANACEAN
  Having the properties of a panacea. "Panacean dews." Whitehead.
• REMEDY
  The legal means to recover a right, or to obtain redress for a wrong. Civil remedy. See under Civil. -- Remedy of the mint , a small allowed deviation from the legal standard of weight and fineness; -- called also tolerance. Syn. -- Cure;