The Emergence Machine

Healing

process · Medicine · Level 6 · E6

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Emergence definition

Healing is the restoration of tissue integrity through the coordinated processes of inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling in response to injury or disease, which requires a structured arrangement of matter and a specific shape or arrangement that matter takes.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “healing” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Historical origin

Origin word
healing
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL6L5L4L3L2L1L0HealingDiseaseOrganismCellFormLifeStructureChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesScarL9HealingL6FormL2StructureL2DiseaseL5E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Form L2 (requires)
    Understanding form helps understand the structure of healing
  • Structure L2 (requires) organization sense
    Understanding structure is essential for grasping healing
  • Disease L5 (requires)
    This is a specific disease; understanding what disease is comes first

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