About The Word Health
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What's The Definition Of Health?
[n] the general condition of body and mind; "his delicate health"; "in poor health"
[n] a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease; "physicians should be held responsible for the health of their patients" Synonyms | Synonyms for Health: wellness Related Terms | Find terms related to Health: condition | constitution | euphoria | fettle | fitness | form | haleness | healthfulness | healthiness | naturalism | naturalness | naturism | normalcy | normality | normalness | order | propriety | realism | regularity | robustness | salubriousness | salubrity | soundness | stamina | strength | trim | vigor | vigorousness | vitality | well-being | wholeness | wholesomeness See Also | condition | eudaemonia | eudaimonia | status | upbeat | welfare | wellbeing | well-being Health In Webster's Dictionary \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}.
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