Health /(hĕlth)/

Health

n.
  1. The state of being hale, sound, or whole, in body, mind, or soul; especially, the state of being free from physical disease or pain.
    There is no health in us.
    — Book of Common Prayer.
    Though health may be enjoyed without gratitude, it can not be sported with without loss, or regained by courage.
    — Buckminster.
  2. A wish of health and happiness, as in pledging a person in a toast.

Phrases & Compounds
Bill of health
See under Bill.
Health lift
a machine for exercise, so arranged that a person lifts an increasing weight, or moves a spring of increasing tension, in such a manner that most of the muscles of the body are brought into gradual action; -- also called lifting machine.
Health officer
one charged with the enforcement of the sanitary laws of a port or other place.
To drink a health
See under Drink.