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hy·giene

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–noun

1.	Also, hygienics. the science that deals with the preservation of health.

2.	a condition or practice conducive to the preservation of health, as cleanliness.

[Origin: 1590–1600; < F hygiène < NL hygieina < Gk hygiein (téchné) healthful (art), fem. of hygieinós healthful, equiv. to hygi(s) healthy + -inos -ine¹

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hy·giene Audio Help (hī'jēn') Pronunciation Key
n.

The science that deals with the promotion and preservation of health. Also called hygienics.
Conditions and practices that serve to promote or preserve health: hygiene in the workplace; personal hygiene.

[French hygiène and New Latin hygieina, both from Greek hugieinē (tekhnē), (art) of health, feminine of hugiēs, healthy; see g^wei- in Indo-European roots.]

hy·gien'ist (hī-jē'nĭst, hī'jē'-, hī-jěn'ĭst) n.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
hygiene

1671, from Fr. hygiène, ult. from Gk. hygieine techne "the healthful art," from hygies "healthy," lit. "living well" (personified as the goddess Hygieia), from PIE *eyu-gwie-es- "having a vigorous life." The Gk. adj. was used by Aristotle as a noun meaning "health." Hygienic is 1833 borrowing of Fr. hygiénique.

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hygiene
noun
1.	a condition promoting sanitary practices; "personal hygiene"
2.	the science concerned with the prevention of illness and maintenance of health

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
hygiene [ˈhaidʒiːn] noun

(the rules or science of) cleanliness whose aim is to preserve health and prevent the spread of disease

Arabic:	عِلْم الصِّحَّه
Chinese (Simplified):	卫生学
Chinese (Traditional):	衛生學
Czech:	hygiena
Danish:	hygiejne
Dutch:	hygiene
Estonian:	tervishoid
Finnish:	hygienia
French:	hygiène
German:	die Hygiene
Greek:	υγιεινή
Hungarian:	higiénia
Icelandic:	heilsufræði; hollustuhættir; hreinlæti
Indonesian:	higiene
Italian:	igiene

Japanese:	衛生
Korean:	위생학
Latvian:	higiēna
Lithuanian:	higiena
Norwegian:	hygiene, helselære
Polish:	higiena
Portuguese (Brazil):	higiene
Portuguese (Portugal):	higiene
Romanian:	igienă
Russian:	гигиена
Slovak:	hygiena
Slovenian:	higiena
Spanish:	higiene
Swedish:	hygien
Turkish:	hijyen, sağlık koruma, *bilgisi

See also: hygienic

American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

hy·giene (hjn)
n.

The science that deals with the promotion and preservation of health. Also called hygienics.
The conditions and practices that serve to promote or preserve health, as those followed for personal hygiene.

hy·gienist (h

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Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Main Entry: hy·giene
Pronunciation: 'hI-"jEn also hI-'
Function: noun
1 : a science of the establishment and maintenance of health —see MENTAL HYGIENE
2 : conditions or practices (as of cleanliness) conducive to health

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Hygiene

Hy"gi*ene\, n. [F. hygi[`e]ne. See Hygeia.] That department of sanitary science which treats of the preservation of health, esp. of households and communities; a system of principles or rules designated for the promotion of health.

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