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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; < 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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Example Sentences
- Whatever class you travel, surviving airline food is not just a matter of taste, it's also a matter of hygiene.
- Voters ranked them on hygiene, style and public access.
- Bedbugs are not indicative of a lack of hygiene.
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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
EXPAND of Fr. hygiénique.
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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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