Definition of health Health

/hɛˈlθ/ - [helth] - health

We found 12 definitions of health from 8 different sources.

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WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: health

health - a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease; "physicians should be held responsible for the health of their patients"
  wellness
  illness, unwellness, malady, sickness impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
  eudaemonia, eudaimonia, well-being, wellbeing, upbeat, welfare a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous; "the town was finally on the upbeat after our recent troubles"
health - the general condition of body and mind; "his delicate health"; "in poor health"
  status, condition the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life"
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • health (n.)
    The state of being hale, sound, or whole, in body, mind, or soul; especially, the state of being free from physical disease or pain.
  • health (n.)
    A wish of health and happiness, as in pledging a person in a toast.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • health
    A state of dynamic equilibrium between an organism and its environment in which all functions of mind and body are normal.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • health
    helth, n. wholeness or soundness of body: general state of the body, as in 'ill health,' 'good health,' soundness and vigour of mind: a toast, as 'to drink one's health'—to drink to the health of: (B.) salvation, or divine favour.—adj. Health′ful, full of or enjoying health: indicating health: wholesome: salutary.—adv. Health′fully.—n. Health′fulness.—adv. Health′ily.—n. Health′iness.—adj. Health′less, sickly, ailing.—ns. Health′lessness; Health′-resort′, a place to which people go for the good of their health.—adjs. Health′some (Shak.), healthy, wholesome; Health′y, in a state of good health: conducive to health: sound in body or mind: vigorous. [A.S. hælthhál, whole.]

Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗

  • health
    Health is better than wealth.

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  • Health is having "everything" we need to be happy. It is not having disease. It is having good food and water. It is having good family and friends. It is having a good spirit. It is having love. It is having a safe place to live. It is learning. It is growing. It is different things for different people. It changes in time for the same person.

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