healed

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healed

The patient's incision is completely healed.

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).
healed

The patient's incision is completely healed.

Adjective
  1. 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