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health
Noun
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If you talk about the health of a person or animal, you are talking about whether they are sick or not.
The doctors believe that the disease will not be a serious danger to public health.
Before you start exercising, you should be in good health.
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If you have health you are not sick (do not have disease) and are not hurt.
AIDS
Noun
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AIDS is a disease which destroys the natural system of protection that the body has against other diseases.
The AIDS epidemic in the United States began in the 1980s.
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AIDS is an abbreviation for 'acquired immune deficiency syndrome'.