health


Definition: Meaning of, health in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / hɛlθ /

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  1. the general condition of your body and how healthy you are
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  2. the work of providing medical services to keep people healthy
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  3. when you have no illness or disease
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  4. how successful something such as a business, an organization, or a country's ECONOMY is
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health used in phrases

  • Department of Health Education and Welfare (noun)
    1. a former executive department of the United States government; created in 1953 and divided in 1979
  • Department of Health and Human Services (noun)
    1. the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979
  • Department of Health and Human Services, the
    1. a US government department which is responsible for health programmes, and for providing money and support for people who are poor, people who have no jobs, and people who have stopped working because they are old
  • Department of Health, the
    1. a British government department which is responsible for health programmes in the UK and for the NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE
  • Doctor of Public Health (noun)
    1. a doctor's degree in preventive medicine
  • Health Service, the
    1. the British NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE
  • Health and Human Services (noun)
    1. the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979
  • Health and Safety Executive, the
    1. a British government organization that gives advice to companies about health and safety, and makes rules to prevent workers from being injured or becoming ill at work
  • Health and Safety at Work Act, the
    1. a set of laws made in the UK in 1974 in order to protect people at work and make sure that they do not have to work in dangerous conditions, without the proper clothing or safety equipment etc
  • National Health Service (noun)
    1. the National Health Service the state system for providing health care in Britain, paid for by taxes
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