health

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the general condition of body and mind

   My health seems to be in great condition since I last saw the doctor.

2. 2
   noun

   a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease

   physicians should be held responsible for the health of their patients

3. 3
   noun

   The state of being free from physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction; wellness.

   Her mental health is really affected by stressful environments.

4. 4
   noun

   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.

   The directors are concerned about the financial health of the project.

5. 5
   noun

   A toast to prosperity.

   Strikingly, however, Waller does not deny but rather revels in the claim that healths lead to excessive drinking

6. 6
   noun

   The amount of damage an in-game object can withstand before it is destroyed.

   The enemies on this level have a lot of health.

7. 7
   noun

   A warrior; hero; man.

   They, under false pretence of amity and cheer, the British peers invite, the German healths to view.

8. 8
   noun

   Physical condition.

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.