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health (helt̸h)

noun

  1. physical and mental well-being; freedom from disease, pain, or defect; normalcy of physical and mental functions; soundness
  2. condition of body or mind good or bad health
  3. a wish for a person's health and happiness, as in drinking a toast
  4. soundness or vitality, as of a society

Etymology: ME helthe < OE hælth < base of hal, sound, healthy (see hale, whole) + -th

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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