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Healthful

Full of health; free from illness or disease; well; whole; sound; healthy; as, a healthful body or mind; a healthful plant.

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Alterative 84% connected

Causing ateration.

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Alterative 84% connected

Causing ateration.

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Anthelmintic 84% connected

Good against intestinal worms.

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Anthelmintic 84% connected

Good against intestinal worms.

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Carminative 84% connected

Expelling wind from the body; warming; antispasmodic.

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Carminative 84% connected

Expelling wind from the body; warming; antispasmodic.

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Cathartic 84% connected

Alt. of Catharical

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Cathartic 84% connected

Alt. of Catharical

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Curative 84% connected

Relating to, or employed in, the cure of diseases; tending to cure.

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Curative 84% connected

Relating to, or employed in, the cure of diseases; tending to cure.

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Good 84% connected

Possessing desirable qualities; adapted to answer the end designed; promoting success, welfare, or happiness; serviceable; useful; fit; excellent; ad…

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Good 84% connected

Possessing desirable qualities; adapted to answer the end designed; promoting success, welfare, or happiness; serviceable; useful; fit; excellent; ad…

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Healing 84% connected

of Heal

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Healing 84% connected

of Heal

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Helminthic 84% connected

Of or relating to worms, or Helminthes; expelling worms.

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Helminthic 84% connected

Of or relating to worms, or Helminthes; expelling worms.

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Hygienic 84% connected

Of or pertaining to health or hygiene; sanitary.

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Hygienic 84% connected

Of or pertaining to health or hygiene; sanitary.

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Medicative 84% connected

Medicinal; acting like a medicine.

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Medicative 84% connected

Medicinal; acting like a medicine.

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Medicinal 84% connected

Having curative or palliative properties; used for the cure or alleviation of bodily disorders; as, medicinal tinctures, plants, or springs.

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Medicinal 84% connected

Having curative or palliative properties; used for the cure or alleviation of bodily disorders; as, medicinal tinctures, plants, or springs.

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Organic 84% connected

Of or pertaining to an organ or its functions, or to objects composed of organs; consisting of organs, or containing them; as, the organic structure…

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Organic 84% connected

Of or pertaining to an organ or its functions, or to objects composed of organs; consisting of organs, or containing them; as, the organic structure…

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Preventative 84% connected

That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive.

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Preventative 84% connected

That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive.

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Preventive 84% connected

Going before; preceding.

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Preventive 84% connected

Going before; preceding.

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Prophylactic 84% connected

A medicine which preserves or defends against disease; a preventive.

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Prophylactic 84% connected

A medicine which preserves or defends against disease; a preventive.

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Recuperative 84% connected

Alt. of Recuperatory

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Recuperative 84% connected

Alt. of Recuperatory

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Remedial 84% connected

Affording a remedy; intended for a remedy, or for the removal or abatement of an evil; as, remedial treatment.

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Remedial 84% connected

Affording a remedy; intended for a remedy, or for the removal or abatement of an evil; as, remedial treatment.

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Restorative 84% connected

Of or pertaining to restoration; having power to restore.

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Restorative 84% connected

Of or pertaining to restoration; having power to restore.

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Salutary 84% connected

Wholesome; healthful; promoting health; as, salutary exercise.

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Salutary 84% connected

Wholesome; healthful; promoting health; as, salutary exercise.

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Sanative 84% connected

Having the power to cure or heal; healing; tending to heal; sanatory.

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Sanative 84% connected

Having the power to cure or heal; healing; tending to heal; sanatory.

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Therapeutic 84% connected

Alt. of Therapeutical

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Therapeutic 84% connected

Alt. of Therapeutical

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Wholesome 66% connected

Tending to promote health; favoring health; salubrious; salutary.

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Wholesome 66% connected

Tending to promote health; favoring health; salubrious; salutary.

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Sanitary 92% connected

Of or pertaining to health; designed to secure or preserve health; relating to the preservation or restoration of health; hygienic; as, sanitary regu…

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