Search for: Healing
14361 Etymology dictionary, p. remedy (n.).2
… "to heal" (from PIE root *med- "take appropriate measures").
14362 Etymology dictionary, p. remediable (adj.).2
… be healed, curable," from stem of remediare "to heal, cure," from remedium "a cure, remedy" (see remedy (n.)).
14363 Etymology dictionary, p. remedial (adj.).2
… remedialis "healing, curing," from Latin remedium "a cure, remedy, medicine, antidote, that which restores health," from re-, here perhaps an intensive prefix (or …
14364 Etymology dictionary, p. rest-cure (n.).2
"treatment of nervous exhaustion by prolonged complete rest, isolation in bed, etc.," 1877, from rest (n.1) "repose" + cure (n.1) "means of healing."
14365 Etymology dictionary, p. restoration (n.).2
… of healing or restoring health, a cure; renewing of something lost," from Old French restoration (Modern French restauration ) and directly from Late Latin …
14366 Etymology dictionary, p. restore (v.).3
From late 14c. as "to cure, heal, bring back to a vigorous state;" of objects, beliefs, etc., "bring back to an original state or condition," 1670s. Related: Restored; restoring .
14367 Etymology dictionary, p. revulsion (n.).2
… a healing technique, from French revulsion (16c.) or directly from Latin revulsionem (nominative revulsio ) "a tearing off, act of pulling away," noun of action …
14368 Etymology dictionary, p. sage (n.1).2
… the healing or preserving qualities attributed to it (sage was used to keep teeth clean and relieve sore gums and boiled in water to make a drink to alleviate …
14369 Etymology dictionary, p. salutary (adj.).2
… , healthful, healing," late 15c. (Caxton), from Old French salutaire "beneficial," or directly from Latin salutaris "healthful," from salus (genitive salutis ) "good …
14370 Etymology dictionary, p. salve (n.).2
… sealf "healing ointment," from West Germanic *salbo- "oily substance" (source also of Old Saxon salba, Middle Dutch salve, Dutch zalf, Old High German salba, German …
14371 Etymology dictionary, p. sanatorium (n.).2
… "to heal," from sanus "well, healthy, sane" (see sane ).
14372 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 .
14373 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 …
14374 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 …
14375 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 .
14376 Etymology dictionary, p. self-heal (n.).1
self-heal (n.)
14377 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.
14378 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 …
14379 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.
14380 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 .