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HEALTHFUL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Conducive to good health of body or mind
Example:
Dickens's relatively healthful exuberance
Classified under:
Similar:
anthelminthic; anthelmintic; helminthic; parasiticidal (capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms)
antimicrobial; antimicrobic (capable of destroying or inhibiting the growth of disease-causing microorganisms)
carminative; flatus-relieving (relieving gas in the alimentary tract (colic or flatulence or griping))
cathartic; psychotherapeutic (emotionally purging)
alterative; curative; healing; remedial; sanative; therapeutic (tending to cure or restore to health)
drugless (without the use of drugs)
good; salutary (tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health)
medicative; medicinal (having the properties of medicine)
organic (simple and healthful and close to nature)
orthomolecular (designating or relating to a form of treatment of mental disorders that seeks to restore biochemical balance in the body with large doses of vitamins and minerals)
preventative; preventive; prophylactic (preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease)
recuperative; restorative (promoting recuperation)
Also:
antiseptic (thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms)
wholesome (conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being)
Antonym:
unhealthful (detrimental to good health)
Derivation:
healthfulness (the quality of promoting good health)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Free from filth and pathogens
Example:
a sanitary washroom
Synonyms:
healthful; sanitary
Classified under:
Similar:
hygienic; hygienical (tending to promote or preserve health)
Derivation:
healthfulness (the quality of promoting good health)
