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define health and disease

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HEALTH
Health is the normal condition of a living being where functional or metabolic efficiency are appropriate.
Individual is free from illness, injury or pain.
Health increases longevity of people
Healthy individual are more efficient at work as compared to diseased one.

DISEASE
Disease is an abnormal condition or malfunction affecting the functional or metabolic efficiency of an organism.
Individual is associated with illness, injury or pain.​
Disease decreases longevity of people, and people die soon.
Diseased individual are less efficient at work as compared to healthy ones, they have to be dependent on medicines.

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