healing

healing
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  • Healing — Healing, assessed physically, is the process by which the cells in the body regenerate and repair to reduce the size of a damaged or necrotic area.Healing incorporates both the removal of necrotic tissue (demolition), and the replacement of this… …   Wikipedia

  • Healing — Album par Todd Rundgren Sortie février 1981 Durée 53:37 Genre pop rock new age Producteur Todd Rundgren Label …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Healing — Heal ing, a. Tending to cure; soothing; mollifying; as, the healing art; a healing salve; healing words. [1913 Webster] Here healing dews and balms abound. Keble. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • healing — restoration to health, O.E. hæling; see HEAL (Cf. heal). Figurative sense of restoration of wholeness is from early 13c.; meaning touch that cures is from 1670s …   Etymology dictionary

  • healing — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Healing is used before these nouns: ↑process, ↑ritual Healing is used after these nouns: ↑faith, ↑wound {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} adj. Healing is used with these nouns: ↑herb, ↑power, ↑property …   Collocations dictionary

  • Healing —    Among the most significant duties performed by shamans are concerned with healing clients from illnesses. Sometimes illnesses are understood to be otherworld persons aggressively assaulting humans, either because they are by nature malevolent… …   Historical dictionary of shamanism

  • healing — heal|ing [ˈhi:lıŋ] n [U] 1.) the treatment of illness using natural powers or prayer rather than medicine ▪ The medical establishment is taking healing increasingly seriously. →↑faith healing 2.) the process of becoming healthy and strong again ▪ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • healing — heal|ing1 [ hilıŋ ] adjective making someone feel better after they have been sick or unhappy: a plant with healing properties The healing process will take a long time. healing heal|ing 2 [ hilıŋ ] noun uncount 1. ) a method of treating… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • healing — 1. Restoring to health; promoting the closure of wounds and ulcers. 2. The process of a return to health. 3. Closing of a wound. SEE ALSO: union. faith h. a treatment utilized since antiquity based upon prayer and a profound belief in divine… …   Medical dictionary

  • Healing — Recorded as Healing and Healings, this rare and interesting English surname has two possible sources, each with its own distinct history and derivation. Firstly, it may be of Anglo Saxon origin, and locational from the place called Healing near… …   Surnames reference

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