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Definition of "self-heal" [self•-heal]

  • Any of several plants reputed to have healing powers, especially Prunella vulgaris, a creeping Eurasian plant with deep violet-blue, two-lipped flowers. Also called heal-all. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "self-heal" in a sentence
  • "As a psychotherapist, I think the tendency of trauma victims to unconsciously find themselves in traumatizing situations again and again is a desire to self-heal in some ways..."
  • "For your buttonhole I have braided loosestrife and self-heal and eyebrightand speedwell and speedwell."
  • "Jin Dan Da Tao Xiu Lian is the highest spiritual treasure to self-heal."