"healing" in the noun sense
1. healing
the natural process by which the body repairs itself
"healing" in the verb sense
1. mend, heal
heal or recover
"My broken leg is mending"
2. heal
get healthy again
"The wound is healing slowly"
3. bring around, cure, heal
provide a cure for, make healthy again
"The treatment cured the boy's acne"
"The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to"
"healing" in the adjective sense
1. curative, healing, alterative, remedial, sanative, therapeutic
tending to cure or restore to health
"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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