15757 IUPAC Gold Book - health 10.1351/goldbook.15757 15757 current 1 State of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. State of dynamic balance in which an individual’s or a group’s capacity to cope with the circumstances of living is at an optimal level. State characterized by anatomical, physiological, and psychological integrity; ability to perform personally valued family, work, and community roles; ability to deal with physical, biological, psychological, and social stress; a feeling of well-being; and freedom from the risk of disease and untimely death. In ecology, a sustainable steady state in which humans and other living organisms can coexist indefinitely. disease https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/15644 PAC, 2007, 79, 1153. 'Glossary of terms used in toxicology, 2nd edition (IUPAC Recommendations 2007)' on page 1233 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac200779071153) https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/15757/html https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/15757/json https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/15757/plain Citation: 'health' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.15757 The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) for individual terms. If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org . The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using. 2026-05-09T23:54:25+00:00