subhealth

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noun

A condition between health and disease, exhibiting some apparently unhealthy features without specific pathology.

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Meanings

nounsubhealth (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA condition between health and disease, exhibiting some apparently unhealthy features without specific pathology.

    Still, the etiology of subhealth and the mechanism of its development are still unclear.

    2015 August 6, Tian Wang et al., “Effects of TCMC on Transformation of Good Health Status to Suboptimal Health Status: A Nested Case-Control Study”, in Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine : eCAM, volume 2015, →DOI

Origin

From sub- + health.

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APA

subhealth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subhealth

MLA

“subhealth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subhealth. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “subhealth,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subhealth.

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