hygiene
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dʒin 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; < French hygiène < Neo-Latin hygieina < Greek hygieinḕ (téchnē) healthful (art), feminine of hygieinós healthful, equivalent to hygiḗ(s) healthy + -inos -ine1
1590–1600; < French hygiène < Neo-Latin hygieina < Greek hygieinḕ (téchnē) healthful (art), feminine of hygieinós healthful, equivalent to hygiḗ(s) healthy + -inos -ine1
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| —n | |
| 1. | Also called: hygienics the science concerned with the maintenance of health |
| 2. | clean or healthy practices or thinking: personal hygiene |
| [C18: from New Latin hygiēna, from Greek hugieinē, from hugiēs healthy] | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
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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Medical Dictionary
hygiene hy·giene (hī'jēn')
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·gien'ist (hī-jē'nĭst, hī'jē'-, hī-jěn'ĭst) n.
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Example sentences
He urged the draining of swamps and the enforcement of hygiene in the town's food market.
I've never heard of anyone being poisoned by the tiny amounts of fluorine in water & dental hygiene products.
The hot water allows better hand-washing and thus better hygiene.
Medical professionals love how no-touch thermometers solve hygiene issues.
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