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sanación

healing, recovery

noun sah-nah-SYOHN Rare

Origin: Latin sanatio (a cure), from sanare (to heal)

Usage Note

Sanación emphasizes the process of becoming whole or well, and carries holistic or spiritual connotations more readily than curación (cure), which is more clinical. Proceso de sanación (healing process) is a frequent collocation in wellness and therapeutic contexts. The plural is sanaciones.

Examples

"El proceso de sanación tomó varios meses."

Natural Translation

The healing process took several months.

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