healing Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun the natural process by which the body repairs itself
   
2. verb heal or recover
   mend; heal.
   
   • My broken leg is mending
3. verb get healthy again
   heal.
   
   • The wound is healing slowly
4. verb provide a cure for, make healthy again
   heal; cure; bring around.
   
   • The treatment cured the boy's acne
   • The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to
5. adjective satellite tending to cure or restore to health
   alterative; remedial; sanative; curative; therapeutic.
   
   • curative powers of herbal remedies
   • her gentle healing hand
   • remedial surgery
   • a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air
   • a therapeutic agent
   • therapeutic diets

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