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Definition of Health

1. Noun. A healthy state of wellbeing free from disease. "Physicians should be held responsible for the health of their patients"

Definition of Health

1. 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.

Definition of Health

1. Noun. The state of being free from physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction; wellness. (defdate from 11th c.) ¹

2. 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. ¹

3. Noun. Physical condition. ¹

4. Noun. (obsolete) Cure, remedy. (defdate 11th-16th c.) ¹

5. Noun. A toast to prosperity. (defdate from 17th c.) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Health

1. the physical condition of an organism [n -S]

Medical Definition of Health

1. 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." Bill of health. See 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 Drink. Origin: OE. Helthe, AS. Hlp, fr. Hal hale, sound, whole. See Whole. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Health

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Preventing Tobacco Use Among Young People: A Report of the Surgeon General by M. Jocelyn Elders (1994)
"Among young people, the short-term health consequences of smoking include ... Long-term health consequences of adolescent smoking may be seen in the ..."

2. Personal Hygiene Applied by Jesse Feiring Williams (1922)
"A Definition of health.—health is defined in dictionary and encyclopedia as a condition of ... The word "health" is derived from the Old English word ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1914)
"(3) They shall either (a) have served as a health officer of a city, town or village having a population of not less than 3000 persons, for a period of at ..."

4. Risk Assessment for Neurobehavioral Toxicity edited by Bernard Weiss, Jurg Elsner (1997)
"Environmental health Environmental health Perspectives Volume 104, Supplement 2 April 1996 Environmental health Perspectives is the journal of the National ..."

5. Educational hygiene by Louis Win Rapeer (1915)
"EDUCATIONAL HYGIENE PART I health SOCIOLOGY CHAPTER I PUBLIC health AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS The Public-health Problem.—In a recent volume Price Collier has ..."

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