# well (health)

a condition that is health and persists

- Computed level: L20 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: health  ·  Arena: well

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [health](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-health.condition), [persist](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-persist.continue)

**Through:** the health condition persists through time, giving the sense of being well

**Novel properties:**
- integrated wellbeing
- stable health

## Examples
- The Salk polio vaccine maintained seroprevalence above 95% in Iceland for 30 years after its 1961 rollout. *(public health)*
- Lake Baikal's endemic seal population remained stable for 12,000 years in the world's deepest freshwater lake. *(ecology)*
- The International Space Station kept crew vital signs within clinical norms across 22 years of continuous habitation. *(aerospace)*

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-well.health*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-well.health.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*