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healthspan

noun
/ˈhɛlθspæn/UK/ˈhɛlθˌspæn/US

Etymology

From health + span, modelled after lifespan.

  1. derived from *(s)pend-✻ — “to stretch”
  2. inherited from *spannō✻ — “span, handbreadth”
  3. inherited from spann
  4. inherited from spanne
  5. compounded as healthspan — “health + span”

Definitions

  1. The length of time in one's life where one is generally in good health.

    • [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.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA