Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - health

 noun  Usage: often attributive  Etymology: Middle English helthe, from Old English h?lth, from hal  Date: before 12th century  1.  a. the condition of being sound in body, mind, or spirit; especially freedom from physical disease or pain  b. the general condition of the body in poor ~ enjoys good ~  2.  a. flourishing condition ; well-being defending the ~ of the beloved oceans — Peter Wilkinson  b. general condition or state poor economic ~  3. a toast to someone's ~ or prosperity HEALTHFUL  adjective  Date: 14th century  1. beneficial to health of body or mind  2. healthy he felt incapable of looking into the girl's pretty, ~ face — Saul Bellow  • ~ly adverb  • ~ness noun Synonyms:  ~, wholesome, salubrious, salutary mean favorable to the health of mind or body. ~ implies a positive contribution to a healthy condition a ~ diet. wholesome applies to what benefits, builds up, or sustains physically, mentally, or spiritually wholesome foods the movie is wholesome family entertainment. salubrious applies chiefly to the helpful effects of climate or air cool and salubrious weather. salutary describes something corrective or beneficially effective, even though it may in itself be unpleasant a salutary warning that resulted in increased production.