"health" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /hɛlθ/ Audio: en-us-health.ogg [US], en-uk-health.ogg [UK] Forms: health [singular], [plural]
enPR: hĕlth Etymology: heal + -th Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|heal|th}} heal + -th Head templates: {{noun4}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you talk about the health of a person or animal, you are talking about whether they are sick or not.
    Sense id: simple-health-en-noun-mKyaoFfn
  2. If you have health you are not sick (do not have disease) and are not hurt.
    Sense id: simple-health-en-noun-0abkgSe7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -th
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