hygiene, hygienics
(noun) the science concerned with the prevention of illness and maintenance of health
hygiene
(noun) a condition promoting sanitary practices; “personal hygiene”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
hygiene (countable and uncountable, plural hygienes)
The science of health, its promotion and preservation.
Those conditions and practices that promote and preserve health.
Cleanliness.
(computing, slang, of a macro) The property of having an expansion that is guaranteed not to cause the accidental capture of identifiers.
Source: Wiktionary
Hy"gi*ene, n. Etym: [F. hygiène. See Hygeia.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 December 2024
(adjective) restricted to a particular condition of life; “an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of oxygen”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
