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healthspan

Syllables: health·spanUK/ˈhɛlθspæn//ˈhɛlθˌspæn/

healthspan noun: the length of time in one's life where one is generally in good health.

Noun

healthspan (plural healthspans)

  1. The length of time in one's life where one is generally in good health.
    • We now have a glimpse of a future which could include the ultimate conquest of frailty, disease and disability that occurs frequently with aging. […] In short, our goal is not just a longer lifespan but an extended "healthspan," helping a greater number of older Americans lead vigorous, more...1988 May 11, “Opportunities for Aging Research in the Fiscal Year 1989 Budget”, in Advances in Aging Research: Hearing before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, One Hundredth...
    • [M]illions of Americans are currently spending large amounts of time and money on interventions that they hope will increase their "healthspans"—their periods of healthy life.1990, David E. Harrison, “Introduction and Predictions”, in David E. Harrison, editor, Genetic Effects on Aging II, Caldwell, N.J.: The Telford Press, →ISBN, page 6

healthspan meaning in Tamil

healthspan in Tamil

ஆயுட்கால‌நீடிப்பு

Examples of healthspan in a sentence

  • This is primarily due to medical discoveries that increase not only lifespan but also healthspan, or the number of years that people live disease free.2004, Michael Windelspecht, “Series Foreword”, in David Petechuk, edited by Michael Windelspecht, The Respiratory System (Human Body...
  • The better the care we offer and the more customized it is to the needs of the specific pet, the longer our patients will live and the greater their healthspans will be.2021, Nan Bass, “Opportunities for Pet-specific Care”, in Lowell Ackerman, editor, Pet-specific care for the Veterinary Team, Hoboken...

Forms of healthspan

pluralhealthspans
alternative formhealth span

Origin of healthspan

From health + span, modelled after lifespan.

Questions about healthspan

What does healthspan mean?
Healthspan means the length of time in one's life where one is generally in good health.
What is healthspan in Tamil?
Healthspan in Tamil is ஆயுட்கால‌நீடிப்பு. See Healthspan meaning in Tamil.
How do you use healthspan in a sentence?
This is primarily due to medical discoveries that increase not only lifespan but also healthspan, or the number of years that people live disease free.
What part of speech is healthspan?
Healthspan is a noun.
How do you pronounce healthspan?
Healthspan is pronounced /ˈhɛlθspæn/ (UK).
What is the plural of healthspan?
The plural of healthspan is healthspans.

Words near healthspan in the dictionary

  1. healths
  2. healthscape
  3. healthscapes
  4. healthsome
  5. healthsomeness
  6. healthspan
  7. healthspans
  8. healthward
  9. healthwash
  10. healthwashed
  11. healthwashes

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: healthspan (page history and authors); healthspan (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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