health in English dictionary

  • health

    Meanings and definitions of "health"

    • The state of being free from physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction; wellness. [from 11th c.]
    • A state of well-being or balance, often physical but sometimes also mental and social; the overall level of function of an organism from the cellular (micro) level to the social (macro) level.
    • Physical condition.
    • (obsolete) Cure, remedy. [11th-16th c.]
    • (countable) A toast to prosperity. [from 17th c.]
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      A warrior; hero; man.
    • noun
      The state of being free from physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction; wellness. [from 11th c.]
    • noun
      A state of well-being or balance, often physical but sometimes also mental and social; the overall level of function of an organism from the cellular (micro) level to the social (macro) level.
    • noun
      Physical condition.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      Cure, remedy. [11th-16th c.]
    • noun
      (countable)
      A toast to prosperity. [from 17th c.]
    • Information about a client computer that Network Access Protection (NAP) uses to allow or deny access to a network and which is encapsulated in a statement of health (SoH), which is issued by a system health agent (SHA) on the client computer.
    • health(y)
    • health (physical)
    • state of being free of physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction
    • physical condition
    • overall level of function of an organism
    • A state of dynamic equilibrium between an organism and its environment in which all functions of mind and body are normal.
    • noun
      a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease; "physicians should be held responsible for the health of their patients"
    • noun
      the general condition of body and mind; "his delicate health"; "in poor health"

    Synonyms of "health" in English dictionary

    wellness, condition, status are the top synonyms of "health" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "health" in English dictionary

    unwellness, illness, disease are the top antonyms of "health" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of health

    • health ( usually uncountable;  plural  healths)
    • health (plural healths)
    • health (usually uncountable, plural healths)
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