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Unhealthy; ill-conditioned. [Obs.] So ill-tempered I am grown, that I am afraid I shall catch cold, while all the world is afraid to melt away. Pepys.

Disease; indisposition; malady; disorder of health; sickness; as, a short or a severe illness.

Not to be healed; incurable. "Wounds immedicable." Milton.

e; to diminish in quantity, value, excellence, or strength; to deteriorate; as, to impair health, character, the mind, value. Time sensibly all things impairs. Roscommon. In years he seemed, but not impaired by years. Pope.

The state of being impaired; injury. "The impairment of my health." Dryden.

nce or make progress in what is desirable; to make or show improvement; as, to improve in health. We take care to improve in our frugality and diligence. Atterbury.

The process of healing wounds and filling the part with new flesh; granulation.

Causing new flesh to grow; healing; regenerative. -- n.

Not communicable; incapable of being communicated, shared, told, or imparted, to others. Health and understanding are incommunicable. Southey. Those incommunicable relations of the divine love. South. -- In`com*mu"ni*ca*ble*ness, n. -- In`com*mu"ni*ca*bly, adv.

Not in a state suitable for healing; -- said of wounds.

To disorder slightly as regards health; to make somewhat. Shak. It made him rather indisposed than sick. Walton.

A slight disorder or illness. Rather as an indisposition in health than as any set sickness. Hayward.

on; unsteadiness, as of the weather, feelings, etc. Inequality of air is ever an enemy to health. Bacon.

The state of being infirm; feebleness; an imperfection or weakness; esp., an unsound, unhealthy, or debilitated state; a disease; a malady; as, infirmity of body or mind. 'T is the infirmity of his age. Shak.

a variety of senses; as: (a) To hurt or wound, as the person; to impair soundness, as of health. (b) To damage or lessen the value of, as goods or estate. (c) To slander, tarnish, or impair, as reputation or character. (d) To impair or diminish, as happiness or virtue. (e) To give pain to, as the sensibilities or the…

Causing injury or harm; hurtful; harmful; detrimental; mischievous; as, acts injurious to health, credit, reputation, property, etc. Without being injurious to the memory of our English Pindar. Dryden.

sions wrong, loss, damage, or detriment; harm; hurt; loss; mischief; wrong; evil; as, his health was impaired by a severe injury; slander is an injury to the character. For he that doeth injury shall receve that he did evil. Wyclif(Col. iii. 25). Many times we do injury to a cause by dwelling on trifling arguments. I.…

The act or practice of communicating a disease to a person in health, by inserting contagious matter in his skin or flesh.

Not salubrious or healthful; unwholesome; as, an insalubrious air or climate.

Unhealthfulness; unwholesomeness; as, the insalubrity of air, water, or climate. Boyle.