From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Health \Health\ (h[e^]lth), noun [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.
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}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease; "physicians should be held responsible for the health of their patients" [syn: {wellness}] [ant: {illness}, {illness}]
2: the general condition of body and mind; "his delicate health"; "in poor health"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
32 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
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