health span
noun
the typical period of a person's life during which they are consistently in good health.
health spans
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pluralof health span.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Easterbrook and others posit a future in which life spans keep extending but "health spans" don't, and the sickly elderly live for decades and suck all of the money out of the economy.
From Newsweek ● Mar. 5, 2015
Life spans have lengthened; health spans have not kept pace.
From Time ● Jun. 11, 2011
