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condition - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations" |
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state the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state"
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diversity the condition or result of being changeable
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anchorage the act of anchoring
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health the general condition of body and mind; "his delicate health"; "in poor health"
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mode the most frequent value of a random variable
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ecological niche,
niche (ecology) the status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)
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noise conditions the condition of being noisy (as in a communication channel)
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involvement,
participation a connection of inclusion or containment; "he escaped involvement in the accident"; "there was additional involvement of the liver and spleen"
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prepossession the condition of being prepossessed; "the king's prepossession in my favor is very valuable"
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regularisation,
regularization the condition of having been made regular (or more regular)
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saturation the act of soaking thoroughly with a liquid
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silence the absence of sound; "he needed silence in order to sleep"; "the street was quiet"
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position,
situation the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom
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ski conditions the amount and state of snow for skiing
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nomination the act of officially naming a candidate; "the Republican nomination for Governor"
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standardisation,
standardization the imposition of standards or regulations; "a committee was appointed to recommend terminological standardization"
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stigmatism normal eyesight
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astigmatism,
astigmia (optics) defect in an optical system in which light rays from a single point fail to converge in a single focal point
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way a journey or passage; "they are on the way"
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circumstance information that should be kept in mind when making a decision; "another consideration is the time it would take"
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homelessness the state or condition of having no home (especially the state of living in the streets)
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reinstatement the act of restoring someone to a previous position; "we insisted on the reinstatement of the colonel"
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place an abstract mental location; "he has a special place in my thoughts"; "a place in my heart"; "a political system with no place for the less prominent groups"
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celibacy an unmarried status
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virginity the condition or quality of being a virgin
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innocence a state or condition of being innocent of a specific crime or offense; "the trial established his innocence"
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innocence,
pureness,
purity,
sinlessness,
whiteness a state or condition of being innocent of a specific crime or offense; "the trial established his innocence"
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guilt,
guiltiness remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offense
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encapsulation the process of enclosing (as in a capsule)
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polarisation,
polarization the phenomenon in which waves of light or other radiation are restricted in direction of vibration
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physical condition,
physiological condition,
physiological state the condition or state of the body or bodily functions
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hyalinisation,
hyalinization the state of being hyaline or having become hyaline; "the patient's arterioles showed marked hyalinization"
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vacuolation,
vacuolisation,
vacuolization the state of having become filled with vacuoles
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protuberance the condition of being protuberant; the condition of bulging out; "the protuberance of his belly"
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curvature the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface
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mental condition,
mental state,
psychological condition,
psychological state (psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic; "a manic state"
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difficulty the quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb"
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improvement,
melioration the act of improving something; "their improvements increased the value of the property"
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declination,
decline a polite refusal of an invitation
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ennoblement the act of raising someone to the nobility
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ascendance,
ascendancy,
ascendence,
ascendency,
control,
dominance the activity of managing or exerting control over something; "the control of the mob by the police was admirable"
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comfort,
comfortableness assistance, such as that provided to an enemy or to a known criminal; "it gave comfort to the enemy"
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discomfort,
uncomfortableness an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress
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demand,
need the act of demanding; "the kidnapper's exorbitant demands for money"
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fullness the property of a sensation that is rich and pleasing; "the music had a fullness that echoed through the hall"; "the cheap wine had no body, no mellowness"; "he was well aware of the richness of his own appearance"
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emptiness having an empty stomach
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nakedness,
nudeness,
nudity the state of being without clothing or covering of any kind
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depilation,
hairlessness the act of removing hair (as from an animal skin)
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deshabille,
dishabille the state of being carelessly or partially dressed
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hopefulness the feeling you have when you have hope
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despair,
desperation the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well; "they moaned in despair and dismay"; "one harsh word would send her into the depths of despair"
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pureness,
purity the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil
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impureness,
impurity the condition of being impure
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financial condition the condition of (corporate or personal) finances
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economic condition the condition of the economy
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sanitary condition the state of sanitation (clean or dirty)
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tilth the state of aggregation of soil and its condition for supporting plant growth
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order,
orderliness the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement; "there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list"
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disorder,
disorderliness a disturbance of the peace or of public order
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normalcy,
normality conformity with the norm
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lactosuria presence of lactose in the urine; can occur during pregnancy or lactation
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environmental condition the state of the environment
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climate,
mood the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time; "the dank climate of southern Wales"; "plants from a cold clime travel best in winter"
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ambiance,
ambience,
atmosphere the atmosphere of an environment
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immunity,
unsusceptibility the quality of being unaffected by something; "immunity to criticism"
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immunity,
resistance the quality of being unaffected by something; "immunity to criticism"
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subservience in a subservient state
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susceptibility,
susceptibleness the state of being susceptible; easily affected
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wetness the condition of containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water); "he confirmed the wetness of the swimming trunks"
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dryness,
waterlessness,
xerotes the condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water)
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safety a score in American football; a player is tackled behind his own goal line
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danger a dangerous place; "He moved out of danger"
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tautness,
tenseness,
tension,
tensity the action of stretching something tight; "tension holds the belt in the pulleys"
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amyotonia,
atonia,
atonicity,
atony lack of normal muscular tension or tonus
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laxity,
laxness the quality of being lax and neglectful
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repair the act of putting something in working order again
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soundness a state or condition free from damage or decay
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muteness,
mutism a refusal to speak when expected; "his silence about my contribution was surprising"
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eye condition the condition of the optical properties of the eye
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unsoundness not mentally or physically healthy; "no one can be a poet without a certain unsoundness of mind"
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impropriety an improper demeanor
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dark,
darkness,
iniquity,
wickedness an unenlightened state; "he was in the dark concerning their intentions"; "his lectures dispelled the darkness"
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illumination,
light the degree of visibility of your environment
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malady any unwholesome or desperate condition; "what maladies afflict our nation?"
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serration a single notch in a row of notches; "one of the serrations was broken off"
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absolution the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance
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automation the act of implementing the control of equipment with advanced technology; usually involving electronic hardware; "automation replaces human workers by machines"
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brutalisation,
brutalization an act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualities
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condemnation (law) the act of condemning (as land forfeited for public use) or judging to be unfit for use (as a food product or an unsafe building)
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deification the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god)
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diversification the act of introducing variety (especially in investments or in the variety of goods and services offered); "my broker recommended a greater diversification of my investments"; "he limited his losses by diversification of his product line"
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exoneration the condition of being relieved from blame or obligation
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facilitation act of assisting or making easier the progress or improvement of something
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frizz the condition of being formed into small tight curls; "her hair was in a frizz"
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fruition enjoyment derived from use or possession
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hospitalization placing in medical care in a hospital
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identification the attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of the characteristics of another person (or group of persons)
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impaction a disorder in which a tooth is so crowded in its socket that it cannot erupt normally
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ionisation,
ionization the process of ionizing; the formation of ions by separating atoms or molecules or radicals or by adding or subtracting electrons from atoms by strong electric fields in a gas
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irradiation (Pavolvian conditioning) the elicitation of a conditioned response by stimulation similar but not identical to the original stimulus
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leakiness the condition of permitting leaks or leakage; "the leakiness of the roof"; "the heart valve's leakiness"; "the leakiness of the boat made it dangerous to use"
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lubrication an application of a lubricant to something
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mechanisation,
mechanization the condition of having a highly technical implementation
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motivation the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior; "we did not understand his motivation"; "he acted with the best of motives"
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mummification embalmment and drying a dead body and wrapping it as a mummy
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preservation the activity of protecting something from loss or danger
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prognathism the condition of being prognathous; the condition of having a projecting jaw
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rustication banishment into the country
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rustiness ineptitude or awkwardness as a consequence of age or lack of practice; "his rustiness showed when he was asked to speed up"
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scandalisation,
scandalization the act of scandalizing
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submission the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another
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urbanisation,
urbanization the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban
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condition - a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing; "the human condition" |
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state the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state"
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social stratification,
stratification the placing of seeds in damp sand or sawdust or peat moss in order to preserve them or promote germination
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ordinary (heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields
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introversion,
invagination (psychology) an introverted disposition; concern with one's own thoughts and feelings
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roots the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; "his roots in Texas go back a long way"; "he went back to Sweden to search for his roots"; "his music has African roots"
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lysogenicity,
lysogeny the condition of a host bacterium that has incorporated a phage into its own genetic material; "when a phage infects a bacterium it can either destroy its host or be incorporated in the host genome in a state of lysogeny"
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circumstances,
destiny,
fate,
fortune,
lot,
luck,
portion a person's financial situation (good or bad); "he found himself in straitened circumstances"
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amphidiploidy the condition of being amphidiploid
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diploidy the condition of being diploid
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haploidy the condition of being haploid
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heteroploidy the condition of being heteroploid
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polyploidy the condition of being polyploid
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mosaicism the condition in which an organism has two or more cell populations that differ in genetic makeup
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orphanage,
orphanhood a public institution for the care of orphans
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stigmatism normal eyesight
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transsexualism condition in which a person assumes the identity and permanently acts the part of the gender opposite to his or her biological sex
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condition - an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else |
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precondition,
stipulation |
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assumption,
premise,
premiss the act of taking possession of or power over something; "his assumption of office coincided with the trouble in Cuba"; "the Nazi assumption of power in 1934"; "he acquired all the company's assets for ten million dollars and the assumption of the company's debts"
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boundary condition (mathematics) a condition specified for the solution to a set of differential equations
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provision,
proviso the activity of supplying or providing something
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condition - (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement; "the contract set out the conditions of the lease"; "the terms of the treaty were generous" |
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statement a document showing credits and debits
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agreement,
understanding compatibility of observations; "there was no agreement between theory and measurement"; "the results of two tests were in correspondence"
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plural,
plural form the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
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condition - the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition |
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procedure,
process a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings
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experiment,
experimentation the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation
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condition - the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape') |
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good health,
healthiness the state of being vigorous and free from bodily or mental disease
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fitness,
physical fitness the quality of being suitable; "they had to prove their fitness for the position"
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condition - an illness, disease, or other medical problem; "a heart condition"; "a skin condition" |
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illness,
malady,
sickness,
unwellness impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
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condition - put into a better state; "he conditions old cars" |
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ameliorate,
amend,
better,
improve,
meliorate make amendments to; "amend the document"
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recondition bring into an improved condition; "He reconditioned the old appliances"
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condition - apply conditioner to in order to make smooth and shiny; "I condition my hair after washing it" |
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shampoo use shampoo on (hair)
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condition - establish a conditioned response |
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instruct,
learn,
teach give instructions or directions for some task; "She instructed the students to work on their pronunciation"
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