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health

[helth]
–noun
1. the general condition of the body or mind with reference to soundness and vigor: good health; poor health.
2. soundness of body or mind; freedom from disease or ailment: to have one's health; to lose one's health.
3. a polite or complimentary wish for a person's health, happiness, etc., esp. as a toast: We drank a health to our guest of honor.
4. vigor; vitality: economic health.

Origin:
bef. 1000; ME helthe, OE hǣlth. See hale 1 , whole, -th 1


healthward, adjective, adverb


2. vigor, vitality, strength, fitness, stamina.
health   (hělth)   
n.  
  1. The overall condition of an organism at a given time.
  2. Soundness, especially of body or mind; freedom from disease or abnormality.
  3. A condition of optimal well-being: concerned about the ecological health of the area.
  4. A wish for someone's good health, often expressed as a toast.

[Middle English helthe, from Old English hǣlth; see kailo- in Indo-European roots.]

Health

Health\, n. [OE. helthe, AS. h?lp, fr. h[=a]l hale, sound, whole. See Whole.]

1. The state of being hale, sound, or whole, in body, mind, or soul; especially, the state of being free from physical disease or pain.

There is no health in us. --Book of Common Prayer.

Though health may be enjoyed without gratitude, it can not be sported with without loss, or regained by courage. --Buckminster.

2. A wish of health and happiness, as in pledging a person in a toast. "Come, love and health to all." --Shak.

Bill of health. See under Bill.

Health lift, a machine for exercise, so arranged that a person lifts an increasing weight, or moves a spring of increasing tension, in such a manner that most of the muscles of the body are brought into gradual action; -- also called lifting machine.

Health officer, one charged with the enforcement of the sanitary laws of a port or other place.

To drink a health. See under Drink.
Language Translation for : health
Spanish: salud,
German: die Gesundheit,
Japanese: 健康状態

health 
O.E. hælþ "wholeness, a being whole, sound or well," from PIE *kailo- "whole, uninjured, of good omen" (cf. O.E. hal "hale, whole;" O.N. heill "healthy;" O.E. halig, O.N. helge "holy, sacred;" O.E. hælan "to heal"). Healthy is first attested 1552.

Main Entry: health
Pronunciation: 'helth
Function: noun
often attributive 1 : the condition of an organism or one of its parts in which itperforms its vital functions normally or properly : the state of being sound in body or mind health> health>; especially : freedomfrom physical disease and pain health> —compare DISEASE
2 : thecondition of an organism with respect to the performance of its vital functions especially as evaluated subjectively or nonprofessionally health today>

health (hělth)
n.

  1. The overall condition of an organism at a given time.
  2. Soundness, especially of body or mind; freedom from disease or abnormality.

health

see clean bill of health.

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