health
Meanings
Plural: healths
Noun
- a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease
- "physicians should be held responsible for the health of their patients"
- the general condition of body and mind
- "his delicate health"
- "in poor health"
- 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.
- Cure, remedy.
- A toast to prosperity.
- The amount of damage an in-game object can withstand before it is destroyed.
- A warrior; hero; man.
Origin / 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.
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Scrabble Score: 12
health is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordhealth is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
health is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 11
health is a valid Words With Friends word