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Definition of Healthful
1. Adjective. Conducive to good health of body or mind. "Dickens's relatively healthful exuberance"
Also: Antiseptic, Wholesome
Derivative terms: Healthfulness
Antonyms: Unhealthful
2. Adjective. Free from filth and pathogens. "A sanitary washroom"
Similar to: Hygienic, Hygienical
Derivative terms: Healthfulness, Sanitariness
Antonyms: Unsanitary
Definition of Healthful
1. a. Full of health; free from illness or disease; well; whole; sound; healthy; as, a healthful body or mind; a healthful plant.
Definition of Healthful
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Medical Definition of Healthful
1. 1. Full of health; free from illness or disease; well; whole; sound; healthy; as, a healthful body or mind; a healthful plant. 2. Serving to promote health of body or mind; wholesome; salubrious; salutary; as, a healthful air, diet. "The healthful Spirit of thy grace." (Book of Common Prayer) 3. Indicating, characterised by, or resulting from, health or soundness; as, a healthful condition. "A mind . . . Healthful and so well-proportioned." (Macaulay) 4. Well-disposed; favorable. "Gave healthful welcome to their shipwrecked guests." (Shak) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)