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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun hygiene has 2 senses
- hygiene(n = noun.state) Array - a condition promoting sanitary practices; "personal hygiene" is a kind of sanitariness
- hygiene(n = noun.cognition) hygienics - the science concerned with the prevention of illness and maintenance of health; Array is a kind of medical specialty, medicine
Derived forms adjective hygienic1, adjective hygienical1
Derived form adjective hygienic1
CIDE DICTIONARY
hygiene, n. [F. hygiène. 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. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
hygiene, n.
1 a a study, or set of principles, of maintaining health. b conditions or practices conducive to maintaining health.
2 sanitary science.
1 a a study, or set of principles, of maintaining health. b conditions or practices conducive to maintaining health.
2 sanitary science.
Etymology
F hygi{egrave}ne f. mod.L hygieina f. Gk hugieine (tekhne) (art) of health f. hugies healthy
THESAURUS
hygiene
antisepsis, decontamination, disinfection, disinfestation, epidemiology, flash pasteurization, fumigation, health physics, hygenics, hygienics, mental hygiene, pasteurization, preventive dentistry, preventive medicine, prophylactic psychology, prophylactodontia, prophylaxis, public health, sanitation, sterilizationROGET THESAURUS
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Salubrity
N salubrity, healthiness, fine air, fine climate, eudiometer, hygiene, valetudinarian, valetudinarianism, sanitarian, sanitarium, sanitOrium, salubrious, salutary, salutiferous, wholesome, healthy, healthful, sanitary, prophYlactic, benign, bracing, tonic, invigorating, good for, nutritious, hygeian, hygienic, innoxious, innocuous, innocent, harmless, uninjurious, uninfectious, sanative, restorative, useful.
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