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self-healing

noun

    1. the act or instance of healing onself

    2. ( as modifier )

      the self-healing process

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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There are plenty of futuristic building materials — including graphene, hempcrete and self-healing concrete, which is capable of repairing its own cracks after damage — but they’re not cost-efficient for most home buyers.

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“I’m just very much into self-healing and therapy,” she said.

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Lowden said he enjoyed the dark humour of the show, saying that, while it may be "corny", laughter was "the best medicine" and a way of "self-healing".

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One of the beauties of the internet is that it is self-healing, meaning that information, when blocked, just travels in a new direction.

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And magically, the pair’s proximity to this curiously self-healing creature results in Ridley’s acne disappearing and Elliot’s eyesight improving.

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