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health

health

35 3.5
The condition of a device, service, or system that shows how well it works, often shown by numbers
  • noun
  • /hɛlθ/
  • Specialized
: estado de funcionamiento

Data, GDP, everything for the economy's health and growth is exploding.

Examples

  • Without appropriate and functional devices, a health system cannot deliver quality health care.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Well, consumer polling is very important to the health of any business.

  • On the other hand, trends showing overall decline in the health of the Lakes are numerous.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Public health relies on data reported by health care partners to conduct nearly every aspect of its core functions.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The cancer treatments allotted by his health plan had run out before his lymphoma did.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • The plan that's federally supported... would ease the debt burden... and control the soaring cost of medicine... making health care more readily available to those who need it most: small businesses... independent contractors... and the unemployed.

  • The engineer conducted a series of tests to assess the health of the computer system.

  • Regular maintenance checks help to ensure the health of the network infrastructure.

  • An analysis of the server's health indicated that several upgrades were necessary.

Idioms

An official statement that a person or thing is healthy and has no serious problems

1 5.8

Being very healthy and full of energy

Compounds

∞ 1.8

Services that help people stay well or get better

A plan that pays for doctor, hospital, and medicine bills

231 3.3

A person's thoughts, feelings and how they handle problems

public health
  • Specialized
182 2.8

The health of a community that government and hospitals watch and support

93 1.0

Being well in body and mind and free from illness

A positive effect on someone's body or mind

A United States government department that runs national health and welfare programs

A person trained to give care and advice about people's health

A United States government agency that funds and runs medical research

women's health
  • Specialized
36 2.8

Health care for women, especially for pregnancy and reproductive needs

35 3.4

Food that is good for your body and often natural or not processed

An international United Nations agency that works to protect global health and help countries improve health services

33 3.3

Something that can make you ill or harm your body

Someone or somewhere that gives medical care, for example a doctor

27 2.3

A place where people go to exercise and join fitness classes

A United States government department that runs health and welfare programs like Medicare and Medicaid

A condition of the body or mind that makes someone unwell and may stop them from working

An official report that says a person, project, or group is well and able to continue

A building where people go to see doctors and get treatment

15 2.8

A thing that can make people sick

A person who leads the United States department that runs public health and social services programs

9 3.7

Official rules set by the government about public health, like sanitation and food safety

8 3.0

A place where people go to exercise, relax, and get treatments like massages

8 1.8

A school class where students learn how to care for their body, for example nutrition and personal hygiene

8 3.0

Being sick or having a long-term problem with your body

sexual health
  • Specialized
7 3.4

A state of physical, emotional, and social well-being about sex, not just no disease

An organization that gives people group health insurance and care through a network of doctors for a yearly fee

health care delivery
  • Specialized
5 3.1

The way health services are organized and given to people

Jobs for people who help keep or make others healthy, like doctors and nurses

3 2.7

A full medical examination to see how your body is working

primary health care
  • Specialized
3 3.0

Basic health care you get first from a doctor or community clinic for everyday needs

A United States government agency that sets rules and makes sure workplaces are safe

How healthy a person's breasts are and how free they are from disease

Knowledge about problems that affect a person's mind and how to get help

A United States law that makes workplaces safer by setting safety rules and making sure employers follow them

health code
  • Texting
1 3.7

A digital code that shows a person's vaccination or recent test status to allow entry to places

Belief that each person is responsible for their own health through their choices

health check
  • Specialized
1 3.1

A routine test that shows if a computer system or service works well

A university degree for people who lead public health programs and make health policy

Traveling to another country to get medical treatment or wellness care

Negative ideas that lead people to treat those with mental health problems unfairly

bill of health
  • Archaic
8.1

An official paper saying a ship's crew has no contagious disease

An indicator that shows how well a country's economy is doing

4.4

An official warning about a disease spreading to many countries

How Healthy

system performance
  • Specialized
1 3.7
health
  • Specialized
35 3.5
operational
90 4.1
graceful degradation
  • Specialized
1 6.9
fault
54 3.2
outage
82 4.0

Surface Forms

health singular
healths plural

Morphology

health = heal (semi-transparent) = heal + th

Morphologically the same formation, but this technical sense applies the human/state meaning metaphorically to devices or systems, which may not be obvious to all learners.

Etymology

Health in technology comes from the same old root hal meaning 'whole' or 'complete'. So when engineers talk about a device's health, they mean it is 'whole' and working properly.