1. the preservation of mental and physical health by preventing or treating illness through services offered by the health profession

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

4. a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease

5. a source of difficulty

6. the quality of being suitable

7. be on the mind of

8. impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism

11. promoting health; healthful

2. punishment for one's actions

9. the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something

10. scientifically detached; unemotional

12. a building dedicated to a particular activity