English Explanatory Dictionary

health

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The state of being free from physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction; wellness.
  2. 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.
  3. Physical condition.
  4. Cure, remedy.
  5. A toast to prosperity.
  6. The amount of damage an in-game object can withstand before it is destroyed.
noun
  1. A warrior; hero; man.

Pronunciation

/ˈhɛlθ/ [ˈhɛlθ] En-uk-health.ogg en-us-health.ogg

Word forms

health healths helth helthe healthe

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English helthe, from Old English hǣlþ, from Proto-West Germanic *hailiþu, from Proto-Germanic *hailiþō, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“whole, hale”). Cognate with Old High German heilida. Analyzable as whole, hale, or heal + -th (abstract nominal suffix). More at heal. Doublet of wholth.

Related words

heal

Derived words

allied health bill of health cyberhealth digital health eHealth e-health health activation health and fitness age health and safety healthbar health bar health behavior health behaviour healthcare health-care health care health center health centre health club health code health-conscious health education healthen health farm health faucet health food healthful health fund health hazard healthie healthification healthify healthiness health informatics health insurance healthism healthist health is wealth health is your first wealth healthless healthlike health physicist health physics health point health product health resort healthscape health science health service health shake healthsome health spa healthspan health stamp health system health tourism health visitor healthward health warning healthwise
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