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GOOD HEALTH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The state of being vigorous and free from bodily or mental disease
Synonyms:
good health; healthiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("good health" is a kind of...):
physical condition; physiological condition; physiological state (the condition or state of the body or bodily functions)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "good health"):
haleness; wholeness (a state of robust good health)
energy; vim; vitality (a healthy capacity for vigorous activity)
bloom; blush; flush; rosiness (a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health)
freshness; glow (an alert and refreshed state)
radiance (an attractive combination of good health and happiness)
sturdiness (the state of being vigorous and robust)
condition; shape (the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases 'in condition' or 'in shape' or 'out of condition' or 'out of shape'))
Antonym:
ill health (a state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain)
Context examples:
Cholesterol is important for good health and is needed for making cell walls, tissues, hormones, vitamin D, and bile acid.
(Cholesterol, NCI Dictionary)
This speaks to the impact that the dietary practice might have, even when adopted by younger people in good health.
(Moderate calorie restriction in young and middle-aged adults significantly reduces heart and metabolic risk factors independent of weight loss, National Institutes of Health)
The next morning he and I set out on foot for the Admiral Benbow, and there I found my mother in good health and spirits.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Lady Loring, and the Lady Maude, thy fair daughter, are in good health; and so also am I, save for an imposthume of the toe-joint, which hath been sent me for my sins.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Refers to a person's state of physical, mental and social well-being; usually it refers specifically to the state of being in good health, a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and does not consist only of the absence of disease or infirmity.
(Health, NCI Thesaurus)
Poor Marianne! said her brother to Colonel Brandon, in a low voice, as soon as he could secure his attention,— She has not such good health as her sister,—she is very nervous,—she has not Elinor's constitution;—and one must allow that there is something very trying to a young woman who HAS BEEN a beauty in the loss of her personal attractions.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
People who started out the study in excellent or good health were 62 percent more likely to die by year 10 when they had a poor sense of smell than when they had a keen nose.
(Declining Sense of Smell Linked to Risk of Death, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
We miss our two young men, was Sir Thomas's observation on both the first and second day, as they formed their very reduced circle after dinner; and in consideration of Fanny's swimming eyes, nothing more was said on the first day than to drink their good health; but on the second it led to something farther.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
But after they adjusted for factors like education, socioeconomic status and demographics, it became apparent that mostly higher-income, better-educated people — who are more likely to be in good health to begin with — were taking supplements.
(Healthy Diet Can't Be Replaced by Vitamins, Supplements, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The two gentlemen left Rosings the next morning, and Mr. Collins having been in waiting near the lodges, to make them his parting obeisance, was able to bring home the pleasing intelligence, of their appearing in very good health, and in as tolerable spirits as could be expected, after the melancholy scene so lately gone through at Rosings.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
