healed
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Definition
Adjective: 1. Restored to health or sound condition: Describes a person, body part, or injury that has recovered from illness, damage, or a wound. It implies the process of recovery is complete. 2. Made whole again: Can describe the mending of emotional or psychological wounds, though this is often a figurative extension of the primary physical meaning.
Usage
The adjective "healed" is used to describe a state of completed recovery. It typically follows a linking verb like "is," "was," "appears," or "seems." It can modify nouns directly (e.g., a healed wound) but is more commonly found in predicate adjective constructions.
Examples
Physical Recovery:
- The cut on her hand has completely healed.
- After months of therapy, his broken leg is finally healed.
- The patient appears healed and ready to go home.
Figurative/Emotional Recovery:
- With time, the emotional scars began to feel healed.
- Their relationship was damaged but is now healed.
Advanced Usage
- "Newly healed": Emphasizes that the recovery is very recent.
- Be careful with the newly healed skin.
- "Fully/Completely/Perfectly healed": Intensifiers used to stress that the recovery is total with no remaining issues.
- The surgeon confirmed the bone was fully healed.
Variants and Related Words
- Heal (verb): To make or become healthy or sound again.
- This medicine will help heal the infection.
- Healing (noun or adjective): The process of becoming healed; having the ability to heal.
- The healing process took six weeks. (noun)
- She believes in the healing power of nature. (adjective)
- Healer (noun): A person or thing that heals.
Synonyms
- Cured: Often used specifically for diseases or medical conditions.
- Recovered: Returned to a normal state of health, mind, or strength.
- Mended: Made whole or functional again; often used for broken bones or items.
- Whole: Restored to an undamaged or unimpaired state.
Antonyms
- Injured: Harmed or damaged.
- Wounded: Suffering from an injury, especially a cut or break in the skin.
- Infected: Contaminated with a disease-causing organism.
- Broken: Physically fractured or emotionally shattered (not yet mended).
Adjective
- freed from illness or injury
- the patient appears cured
- the incision is healed
- appears to be entirely recovered
- when the recovered patient tries to remember what occurred during his delirium- Normon Cameron