What does healing mean?
Definitions for healing
heal·ing
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word healing.
Princeton's WordNet
healingadjective
the natural process by which the body repairs itself
curative, healing(p), alterative, remedial, sanative, therapeuticadjective
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"
Wiktionary
healingnoun
The process where the cells in the body regenerate and repair themselves.
healingnoun
An act of healing, as by a faith healer.
healingnoun
The psychological process of dealing with a problem or problems.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Healingparticipial adj.
Mild; mollifying; gentle; assuasive: as, he’s of a healing pacifick temper.
Etymology: from heal.
Wikipedia
Healing
With physical trauma or disease suffered by an organism, healing involves the repairing of damaged tissue(s), organs and the biological system as a whole and resumption of (normal) functioning. Medicine includes the process by which the cells in the body regenerate and repair to reduce the size of a damaged or necrotic area and replace it with new living tissue. The replacement can happen in two ways: by regeneration in which the necrotic cells are replaced by new cells that form "like" tissue as was originally there; or by repair in which injured tissue is replaced with scar tissue. Most organs will heal using a mixture of both mechanisms.Within surgery, healing is more often referred to as recovery, and postoperative recovery has historically been viewed simply as restitution of function and readiness for discharge. More recently, it has been described as an energy‐requiring process to decrease physical symptoms, reach a level of emotional well‐being, regain functions, and re‐establish activitiesHealing is also referred to in the context of the grieving process.In psychiatry and psychology, healing is the process by which neuroses and psychoses are resolved to the degree that the client is able to lead a normal or fulfilling existence without being overwhelmed by psychopathological phenomena. This process may involve psychotherapy, pharmaceutical treatment or alternative approaches such as traditional spiritual healing.
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healing
Healing is the process of restoring health to an individual or organism, physically, mentally or emotionally, either from an illness, disease, injury, trauma or any other form of damage or imbalance. It can also refer to alleviating a person's distress or problems, promoting well-being, and bringing about a return to normal function and state. Healing can occur through various methods or interventions such as medical treatment, therapy, natural recovery, spiritual practices, or lifestyle changes.
Webster Dictionary
Healing
of Heal
Healingadjective
tending to cure; soothing; mollifying; as, the healing art; a healing salve; healing words
Freebase
Healing
Healing is the process of the restoration of health to an unbalanced, diseased or damaged organism. Healing may be physical or psychological and not without the mutual reception of these two dimensions of human health. With respect to physical damage or disease suffered by an organism, healing involves the repair of living tissue, organs and the biological system as a whole and resumption of normal functioning. It is the process by which the cells in the body regenerate and repair to reduce the size of a damaged or necrotic area and replace it with new living tissue. The replacement can happen in two ways: by regeneration in which the necrotic cells are replaced by new cells that form similar tissue as was originally there; or by repair in which injured tissue is replaced with scar tissue. Most organs will heal using a mixture of both mechanisms. In psychiatry and psychology, healing is the process by which neuroses and psychoses are resolved to the degree that the client is able to lead a normal or fulfilling existence without being overwhelmed by psychopathological phenomena. This process may involve psychotherapy, pharmaceutical treatment and increasingly traditional spiritual approaches.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
HEALING
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Healing is ranked #159712 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Healing surname appeared 101 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Healing.
78.2% or 79 total occurrences were White.
12.8% or 13 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
5.9% or 6 total occurrences were of two or more races.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of healing in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of healing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of healing in a Sentence
The miracles of the church seem to me to rest not so much upon faces or voices or healing power coming suddenly near to us from afar off, but upon our perceptions being made finer, so that for a moment our eyes can see and our ears can hear what is there about us always.
Back in March of this year, I was diagnosed with a rare, very aggressive form of ovarian cancer, if you read the statistics, it is very bleak. Good thing I don’t believe in statistics! I had surgery and now I am having chemo treatments. I have since grown more tumors and it is going to be more of a battle than I anticipated, but I have a huge faith in the healing power of God and the healing power within me that originates from my God. I look towards a future when I am completely healed and cancer free. I ask for prayers of strength and courage as this journey continues.
The process of healing also needs to include the pursuit of truth, not for the sake of opening old wounds, but rather as a necessary means of promoting justice, healing and unity.
By taking this action, I hope that I will have hastened the start of the healing.
So much of the healing happens through camaraderie— through team and friendships, our belief is really that helping and healing disabled veterans is not a one-time event. We are mentors, healers and friends on their journey.
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- شفاءArabic
- hojeníCzech
- healingDanish
- HeilungGerman
- φαρμακευτικόςGreek
- resanigoEsperanto
- curaciónSpanish
- شفاPersian
- paranemistaFinnish
- guérisonFrench
- slánúIrish
- gyógyulásHungarian
- penyembuhanIndonesian
- guarigioneItalian
- מַרפֵּאHebrew
- 癒しJapanese
- 치료Korean
- sanitatum, sanatioLatin
- genezingDutch
- helbredelseNorwegian
- gojeniePolish
- curaPortuguese
- cicatrizareRomanian
- исцеле́ние, лече́ние, заживле́ние, излече́ниеRussian
- läkningSwedish
- kuponyaSwahili
- குணப்படுத்துதல்Tamil
- รักษาThai
- şifaTurkish
- היילונגYiddish
- 复原Chinese
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