health
♦♦♦ health /h'elθ/
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A person's health is the condition of their body and the extent to which it is free from illness or is able to resist illness.
Caffeine is bad for your health.
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Health is a state in which a person is not suffering from any illness and is feeling well.
In hospital they nursed me back to health.
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The health of something such as an organization or a system is its success and the fact that it is working well.
There's no way to predict the future health of the banking industry.
= prosperityhealth care work|er (health care workers)
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A health care worker is someone who works in a hospital or health centre.health cen|tre (health centres)
in AM, use health center
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A health centre is a building in which a group of doctors have offices or surgeries where their patients can visit them.
= surgeryhealth club (health clubs)
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A health club is a private club that people go to in order to do exercise and have beauty treatments.health farm (health farms)
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A health farm is a hotel where people go to get fitter or lose weight by exercising and eating special food. (mainly BRIT; in AM, use spa)health food (health foods)
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Health foods are natural foods without artificial ingredients which people buy because they consider them to be good for them.health visi|tor (health visitors)
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In Britain, a health visitor is a nurse whose job is to visit people in their homes and offer advice on matters such as how to look after very young babies or people with physical disabilities.ill health
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Someone who suffers from ill health has an illness or keeps being ill.
He was forced to retire because of ill health...oc|cu|pa|tion|al health
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Occupational health is the branch of medicine that deals with the health of people in their workplace or in relation to their job.
For many years, experts in occupational health have puzzled over symptoms reported by office workers, including headache, nausea and fatigue.
1 [N-UNCOUNT] oft with poss
A person's health is the condition of their body and the extent to which it is free from illness or is able to resist illness.
Caffeine is bad for your health.
2 [N-UNCOUNT]
Health is a state in which a person is not suffering from any illness and is feeling well.
In hospital they nursed me back to health.
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The health of something such as an organization or a system is its success and the fact that it is working well.
There's no way to predict the future health of the banking industry.
= prosperityhealth care work|er (health care workers)
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A health care worker is someone who works in a hospital or health centre.health cen|tre (health centres)
in AM, use health center
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A health centre is a building in which a group of doctors have offices or surgeries where their patients can visit them.
= surgeryhealth club (health clubs)
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A health club is a private club that people go to in order to do exercise and have beauty treatments.health farm (health farms)
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A health farm is a hotel where people go to get fitter or lose weight by exercising and eating special food. (mainly BRIT; in AM, use spa)health food (health foods)
[N-MASS] oft N n
Health foods are natural foods without artificial ingredients which people buy because they consider them to be good for them.health visi|tor (health visitors)
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In Britain, a health visitor is a nurse whose job is to visit people in their homes and offer advice on matters such as how to look after very young babies or people with physical disabilities.ill health
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Someone who suffers from ill health has an illness or keeps being ill.
He was forced to retire because of ill health...oc|cu|pa|tion|al health
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Occupational health is the branch of medicine that deals with the health of people in their workplace or in relation to their job.
For many years, experts in occupational health have puzzled over symptoms reported by office workers, including headache, nausea and fatigue.