'Health' definitions:
Definition of 'health'
From: WordNet
noun
A healthy state of wellbeing free from disease; "physicians should be held responsible for the health of their patients" [syn: health, wellness] [ant: illness, malady, sickness, unwellness]
noun
The general condition of body and mind; "his delicate health"; "in poor health"
Definition of 'Health'
From: GCIDE
- Health \Health\ (h[e^]lth), n. [OE. helthe, AS. h[=ae]l[thorn], 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. [1913 Webster]
- There is no health in us. --Book of Common Prayer. [1913 Webster]
- Though health may be enjoyed without gratitude, it can not be sported with without loss, or regained by courage. --Buckminster. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A wish of health and happiness, as in pledging a person in a toast. "Come, love and health to all." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'health'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'Health'
- Healthful,
- Healthfully,
- Healthfulness,
- Bill of health,
- Health lift,
- Health officer,
- To drink a health,
- To drink the health of,
- To drink to the health of,
- delicate health,
- good health,
- health care,
- health check,
- health club,
- health code,
- health facility,
- health food,
- health hazard,
- health insurance,
- health problem,
- health profession,
- health professional,
- health resort,
- health spa,
- ill health,
- mental health,
- A clean bill of health,
- Foul bill of health,
- clean bill of health,
- doctor of public health,
- health and human services,
- health care delivery,
- health care provider,
- health maintenance organization,
- ill-health,
- national institutes of health,
- primary health care,
- world health organization,
- department of health and human services,
- department of health education and welfare,
- occupational safety and health act,
- occupational safety and health administration,
- secretary of health and human services,
- secretary of health education and welfare,
- united states public health service