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  1. noun The overall condition of an organism at a given time.
  2. noun Soundness, especially of body or mind; freedom from disease or abnormality.
  3. noun A condition of optimal well-being: concerned about the ecological health of the area.
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  • The net effect to our health is an explosion of preventable disases such as diabetes, Crohn's, chronic fatigue syndrome, fybromyalgia and others, not to mention chronic obesity. —  Infowars
  • Yet his health has been at the center of the drama this season and it looks as though it will remain the big story of 2009 and possibly for years to come depending on what happens. —  MVN
  • Among school leaders, three-quarters said their health was affected. —  Sigmund, Carl and Alfred
  • "Empowering individuals to take responsibility for their health is the key to their success," she said. —  Emaxhealth
  • GREENVILLE (01 / 28 / 2009) - Empowering individuals to take responsibility for their health will be the main topic of the fifth annual Jean Mills Health Symposium Feb. 6 in Greenville. —  News for WNCT
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  1. Middle English helthe, from Old English hǣlth; see kailo- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English helth, from Anglo-Saxon hǣlth, health, healing, cure (= Old High German heilida, health) (more commonly hǣlu, hǣlo, health, safety, salvation: see heal, n.), from hāl, whole, hale: see whole, hale, hail, heal. The word is thus an abstract noun from whole, not from heal.
 

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