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CURE-ALL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cure-all mean?
• CURE-ALL (noun)
The noun CURE-ALL has 1 sense:
1. hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists
Familiarity information: CURE-ALL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
catholicon; cure-all; nostrum; panacea
Hypernyms ("cure-all" is a kind of...):
curative; cure; remedy; therapeutic (a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cure-all"):
elixir (a substance believed to cure all ills)
Context examples
A cure-all.
(Panacea, NCI Dictionary)
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