disease vs health

disease

Definitions

noun

  1. an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning

Examples

Enlarged heart, medically called cardiomegaly, is not a disease, but a symptom of another condition.

As doctors we are all too aware of the natural causes of death, such as cancer and heart disease, the top killers.

Sjogren's syndrome "targets and destroys over time the exocrine glands responsible for tear production and saliva -- and is characterized by dryness of the mouth and eyes," said Dr. Michael Belmont, an associate professor of medicine in the division of rheumatology at NYU Langone Medical Center and medical director for Hospital for Joint Diseases.

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health

Definitions

noun

  1. the general condition of body and mind
  2. a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease

Examples

The critics call its recipes bland, unhelpful, unoriginal and unhealthy.

It might as well be closed, because in many American hospitals you're simply shooed from the windowsill after you've been nursed back to health (usually in 72 hours or less), and you're expected to "fly" on your own.

Two more debates are scheduled in the coming weeks, one debate dealing with education and health will be held in Irbid next week and the final week before elections the southern city of Karak will witness a candidates debate on agriculture and development.

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