health

English

/hɛlθ/

noun
Definitions
  • The state of being free from physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction; wellness.
  • 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.
  • Physical condition.
  • (obsolete) Cure, remedy.
  • (countable) A toast to prosperity.
  • (video games) The amount of damage an in-game object can withstand before it is destroyed.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English helþe inherited from Old English hǣlþ inherited from *hailiþu derived from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (whole, healthy, sound, hale, safe, entire, omen) suffix from English whole.

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English

whole

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