1. (

• healing

) the natural process by which the body repairs itself ;

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" ;

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" ;