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Health vs Syndrome - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between health and syndrome

is that health is the state of being free from physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction; wellness while syndrome is .

health

English

(wikipedia health)

Alternative forms

* (obsolete)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The state of being free from physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction; wellness.
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  • A state of well-being or balance, often physical but sometimes also mental and social; the overall level of function of an organism from the cellular (micro) level to the social (macro) level.
  • Physical condition.
  • (obsolete) Cure, remedy.
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  • *:And she myght have a dysshfulle of bloode of a maydyn and a clene virgyne in wylle and in worke, and a kynges doughter, that bloode sholde be her helth , for to anoynte her withall.
  • (countable) A toast to prosperity.
  • *

    • Derived terms

    * healthiness * healthy * healthcare * bill of health * health food * health worker

    Related terms

    * heal

    References

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    syndrome

    English

    (wikipedia syndrome)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pathology) A recognizable pattern of signs, symptoms and/or behaviours.
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    Derived terms

    * acquired immune deficiency syndrome * Asperger syndrome * * Bloom syndrome * chronic fatigue syndrome * * China syndrome * Down syndrome * economy class syndrome * empty nest syndrome * false memory syndrome * fetal alcohol syndrome * foreign accent syndrome * Gorlin's syndrome * * kapang syndrome * Kearns-Sayre syndrome * Korsakoff's syndrome * * parental alienation syndrome * Paris syndrome * Parkinson's syndrome * Peter Pan syndrome * Pinkerton Syndrome * polycystic ovary syndrome * premenstrual syndrome * Proteus syndrome * red neck syndrome * red man syndrome * Rett syndrome * Reye's syndrome * severe acute respiratory syndrome * sick building syndrome * small man syndrome * smoking stool syndrome * Stockholm syndrome * sudden infant death syndrome * sundowner syndrome * tall poppy syndrome * toxic shock syndrome * tube feeding syndrome * true believer syndrome * Zollinger-Ellison syndrome