healthy has definitions from the field of medicine
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[ adjective ] (medicine) having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease

Examples

"a rosy healthy baby" "staying fit and healthy"

Used in print

(Organic Gardening and Farming,...)

Pansies are supposed to like it cool , but those great velvety flowers were healthy and perky in the glaring sun .

It is no harder to raise big , healthy , blooming plants than weak , sickly little things ; in_fact it is easier .

(Richard I. McCosh, "Recreation Site Selection"...)

Look at the trees as to size and interest , the amount of shade they provide , how healthy they are , the problems of maintenance , fire hazards , wind throw , etcetera .

(Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)

( An enterprising teacher or parent could start training a healthy child at the age of seven days .

(A. N. Nagaraj and L. M. Black, "Localization of...)

In attempting to improve specificity of staining , the fluorescein labeled antisera used in both direct and indirect methods were treated in one of several ways : ( 1 ) They were passed_through Dowex-2-chloride twice and treated with acetone insoluble powders ( Coons , 1958 ) prepared from mouse liver or from healthy sweet_clover stems or crown_gall tissue produced by Agrobacterium_tumefaciens ( E._F._Smith + Townsend ) Conn , on sweet_clover stems .

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[ adjective ] financially secure and functioning well

Examples

"a healthy economy"

Used in print

(Kenneth Reiner, "Coping with Runaway Technology"...)

Does our society have a runaway , uncontrollable growth of technology which may end our civilization , or a normal , healthy growth ?

Strikes threatening the security of the proprietorship , if internally motivated , prevent a healthy relationship .

(87th Congress, 1st Session. Congressional Record....)

In the light of the facts at_hand , however , New_York_Central intends to pursue the objective of helping to create a healthy two system eastern railroad structure in the public interest `` .

Related terms

sound

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[ adjective ] promoting health; healthful

Examples

"a healthy diet" "clean healthy air" "plenty of healthy sleep" "healthy and normal outlets for youthful energy" "the salubrious mountain air and water"- C.B.Davis "carrots are good for you"

Used in print

(Sports Age, 24:9...)

In 1959 SAAMI 's shooting development program announced a new activity designed to expose thousands of teen-age boys and girls to the healthy fun enjoyed through the participation in the shooting sports .

Related terms

wholesome

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[ adjective ] exercising or showing good judgment

Examples

"healthy scepticism" "a healthy fear of rattlesnakes" "the healthy attitude of French laws" "an intelligent solution" "a sound approach to the problem" "sound advice" "no reasonable explanation for his decision"

Related terms

reasonable

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[ adjective ] (medicine) physically and mentally sound or healthy

Synonyms

fit

Examples

"felt relaxed and fit after their holiday" "keeps fit with diet and exercise"

Related terms

unfit conditioned able sound well

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