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14321 Etymology dictionary, p. sanatorium (n.).2
… "to heal," from sanus "well, healthy, sane" (see sane ).
14322 Etymology dictionary, p. savable (adj.).2
also saveable, early 15c. in medicine (Chauliac), "able to be healed;" mid-15c., in theology, "capable of being saved" (from sin or spiritual death); late 15c., in a general sense, "saving, protecting;" see save (v.) + -able .
14323 Etymology dictionary, p. savior (n.).3
… , literally "healing," likely a loan-translation from Latin, a noun use of the present participle of hælan (see heal ). Middle English also had salvatour "Jesus Christ …
14324 Etymology dictionary, p. scar (n.1).2
… a healed wound, burn, etc.," from Old French escare "scab" (Modern French escarre ), from Late Latin eschara, from Greek eskhara, in medical writing "scab formed after …
14325 Etymology dictionary, p. scar (v.).2
1550s, transitive, "to mark with a scar or scars," from scar (n.1). Figurative use is from 1590s. Intransitive meaning "become scarred" (of wounds, etc., in healing) is by 1888. Related: Scarred; scarring .
14326 Etymology dictionary, p. self-heal (n.).1
self-heal (n.)
14327 Etymology dictionary, p. self-heal (n.).2
late Old English s ylfhele, applied to several plants held to have remarkable healing properties; see self- + heal (v.). So called for supposedly enabling one to heal without a physician's aid.
14328 Etymology dictionary, p. seven (num.).3
… or healing skill associated since 16c. with the seventh son ["The seuenth Male Chyld by iust order (neuer a Gyrle or Wench being borne betweene)," Thomas Lupton …
14329 Etymology dictionary, p. snake oil (n.).2
… to heal rheumatism and gout in Georgia, but was touted as a cure for deafness in rural Pennsylvania.
14330 Etymology dictionary, p. snake oil (n.).4
The belief in the healing power of snake is ancient. Compare Middle English triacle, tiriacle, "snake flesh used as an antidote against snake-bites," also see adder .
14331 Etymology dictionary, p. surgeon (n.).2
… who heals by manual operation on the patient," from Anglo-French surgien (13c.), from Old French surgiien, cirirgiien (13c.), from cirurgie "surgery." This is from Latin …
14332 Etymology dictionary, p. sympathetic (adj.).2
… a healing quality," from Modern Latin sympatheticus, from late Greek sympathetikos "having sympathy," from sympathein, from sympath ē s "having fellow-feeling …
14333 Etymology dictionary, p. sympathy (n.).3
… that heal wounds when applied to a cloth stained with blood from the wound.
14334 Etymology dictionary, p. therapeutic (adj.).2
… the healing of disease, 1640s, from Modern Latin therapeuticus "curing, healing," from Greek therapeutikos, from therapeutein "to cure, treat medically," primarily …
14335 Etymology dictionary, p. therapy (n.).2
… "curing, healing, service done to the sick; a waiting on, service," from therapeuein "to cure, treat medically," literally "attend, do service, take care of" (see therapeutic …
14336 Etymology dictionary, p. toadstone (n.).2
… (with healing or protective power) and found in the heads of certain toads," 1550s, from toad + stone (n.). Translating Greek batrakhites, Medieval Latin bufonites …
14337 Etymology dictionary, p. treat (v.).3
… to heal or cure, to manage in the application of remedies" (1781). Related: Treated; treating .
14338 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Abgar; Abgarus; Abagarus.2
… , who healed him (Cod. Apocrypha New Testament).
14339 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Aeneas.2
Aeneas - e-ne’-as (’Aineas): A paralytic at Lydda, who, after he "had kept his bed eight years," was miraculously healed by Peter ( Acts 9:33 - 34 ).
14340 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Ahaziah.14
… be healed of his wounds. It appears that the army was left in charge of Jehu at Ramoth-gilead. Ahaziah apparently went to Jerusalem and later went down to Jezreel …