bill of health

noun phrase

1

: a certificate given to the ship's master at the time of leaving port that indicates the state of health of a ship's company and of a port with regard to infectious diseases

2

: a usually favorable report following an examination or investigation

gave the criticized textbook a clean bill of health

Examples of bill of health in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Almost a year later, Lazarus gets a clean bill of health. —Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 20 May 2025

By June 2023, Ms. Aguado’s brother had received a clean bill of health. —Jenny Block, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2025

The journey to get here was serpentine and occasionally bewildering (remember, no 3-1 lead is safe against Denver, and every clean bill of health deserves public appreciation). —Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025

My Bitdefender contact explained that the clean bill of health in the dashboard refers to the fact that my personal data was already purged from data brokers during my reviews of other similar products. —PCMAG, 7 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1644, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for bill of health

• commonwealth
• telehealth
• bridewealth
• stealth
• wealth

Medical Definition

bill of health

noun

ˌbil-əv- 

: a duly authenticated certificate of the state of health of a ship's company and of a port with regard to infectious diseases that is given to the ship's master at the time of leaving the port