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> panacea and placebo panacea and placebo are liable to be confused. Panacea means "a universal remedy for all ills and troubles", as in "The new government does not have a panacea for the country's problems". It is often used loosely to mean any remedy for any problem, as in "She thinks that a holiday will be a panacea for his unhappiness". Panacea is pronounced pan-a-see-a. Placebo refers to "a supposed medication that is just a harmless substance given to a patient as part of a drugs trial etc", as in "She was convinced the pills were curing her headaches but the doctor has prescribed her a placebo". It is pronounced pla-see-bo. Pour éviter fautes de grammaire, contresens et confusions. The English Usage Dictionary est le parfait complément des dictionnaires bilingues, du dictionnaire de définitions anglaises et du Thesaurus. Ce dictionnaire signale toutes les difficultés que recèle l'usage d'un mot: orthographe, grammaire, prononciation, homonymies, etc. Exemple d'article du dictionnaire English Usage Dictionary