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health

Pronunciation: /ˈhɛlθ/

The English word “health” has 7 meanings listed here.

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 entity can withstand before it is killed, destroyed or defeated.
  7. A warrior; hero; man.

Etymology

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

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