healing (redirected from healing by first intention)

heal  (hl)

v. healed, heal·ing, heals

v.tr.

1. To restore to health or soundness; cure. See Synonyms at cure.

2. To set right; repair: healed the rift between us.

3. To restore (a person) to spiritual wholeness.

v.intr.

To become whole and sound; return to health.

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[Middle English healen, from Old English hlan; see kailo- in Indo-European roots.]

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heala·ble adj.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	healing - the natural process by which the body repairs itself bodily function, bodily process, body process, activity - an organic process that takes place in the body; "respiratory activity" convalescence, recuperation, recovery - gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury conglutination, union - healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones
Adj.	1.	healing - 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" alterative, curative, sanative, therapeutic, remedial healthful - conducive to good health of body or mind; "a healthful climate"; "a healthful environment"; "healthful nutrition"; "healthful sleep"; "Dickens's relatively healthful exuberance"

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healing

adjective restoring, medicinal, therapeutic, remedial, restorative, curative, analeptic, sanative