HYGIENE

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


Etymology

Noun

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



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