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healing
has definitions from the field of biology
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[ adjective ] tending to cure or restore to health
Synonyms Examples "curative powers of herbal remedies" "her gentle healing hand" "remedial surgery" "a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air" "a therapeutic agent" "therapeutic diets" Used in print (Harold Searles, "Schizophrenic Communication,"...)Eventually it became clear to me , partly with the aid of another schizophrenic patient who could point_out my condescension to me somewhat more directly , that this man , with his condescending , `` You 're welcome '' , was very accurately personifying an element of obnoxious condescension which had been present in my own demeanor , over these months , on each of these occasions when I had bid him good-bye with the consoling note , each time , that the healing Christ would be stooping_to dispense this succor to the poor suffered again on the morrow . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (biology) the natural process by which the body repairs itself
Used in print (Gibson Winter, The Suburban Captivity of the...)There is much talk in theological circles about the `` Church as Mission '' and the `` Church 's Mission '' ; theologians have been stressing the fact that the Church does not exist for its own sake but as a testimony in the world for the healing of the world . Related terms |
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