catholicon

noun

kə-ˈthä-lə-ˌkän How to pronounce catholicon (audio)
Definition of catholiconnext
as in remedy
something that cures all ills or problems he seems to prescribe fluids and rest as a catholicon for everything

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  1. remedy
  2. nostrum
  3. panacea
  4. elixir
  5. cure
  6. theriac
Noun
  • Public announcements reminded passengers to see the ship’s doctor if over-the-counter, anti-nausea remedies were not effective.
    Heather Steinberger, Robb Report, 22 Nov. 2024
  • In the first part of the last century, the only remedy for decay was to pull the tooth.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of remedy
Noun
  • Population trends today should raise serious questions about all the old nostrums that humans are somehow hard-wired to replace themselves to continue the species.
    Nicholas Eberstadt, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Expressed in what economists call the Phillips curve, this nostrum proved nearly useless in explaining the economy’s recent behavior.
    David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 28 Jan. 2024
Definition of nostrum
Noun
  • No, this is not a panacea for all our social and political ills.
    Jon LaPook, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Hernandez said the wall should be seen as just one part of the border security effort that Harris would pursue, not as a panacea.
    Laura Strickler, NBC News, 29 Sep. 2024
Definition of panacea
Noun
  • Head-to-toe elixirs are especially essential in warmer weather since oils can replenish any moisture lost due to heat and other causes.
    Angela Trakoshis, Allure, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Some went to root doctors who prescribed herbal abortifacients, an unreliable solution since the elixirs could be toxic to women, frequently fatally so.
    Kali Nicole Gross / Made by History, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
Definition of elixir
Noun
  • Millions of people depend on government jobs, and on the protections that regulators provide from predatory businesses, like those that gave us opioid abuse and cigarettes as a cure for asthma.
    Simon Shuster, TIME, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Trump has touted tariffs as a miraculous cure to just about every domestic and international strain, from war to child care to high grocery prices.
    Sareen Habeshian, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of cure
Noun
  • L’Orvietan and its imitators had their roots in a more antique antidote called theriac.
    Elizabeth Heath, Discover Magazine, 15 Feb. 2023
  • But with its long list of as many as 80 ingredients and high status, theriac was expensive and exclusive.
    Elizabeth Heath, Discover Magazine, 15 Feb. 2023
Definition of theriac
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