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1. (n.) hygiene
the application of scientific knowledge to the preservation of health and prevention of the spread of disease.
2. hygiene
a condition or practice conducive to the preservation of health, as cleanliness.
Etymology: (1590–1600; < F hygiène < NL hygieina < Gk hygiein&emacrgrave; (téchnē) healthful (art), fem. of hygieinós healthful, der. of hygiēs healthy)
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| Definition of 'hygiene' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) hygiene
a condition promoting sanitary practices
"personal hygiene"
2. (noun) hygiene, hygienics
the science concerned with the prevention of illness and maintenance of health
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1. (noun) hygiene
actions that help to prevent disease through keeping things clean
Good hygiene can help prevent the flu.
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| Definition of 'hygiene' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) hygiene
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
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. hygiene
The science dealing with the establishment and maintenance of health in the individual and the group. It includes the conditions and practices conducive to health. (Webster, 3d ed)
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Sense: (the rules or science of) cleanliness whose aim is to preserve health and prevent the spread of disease.
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 Afrikaans: higiëne, gesondheidsleer |
 Arabic: عِلْم الصِّحَّه |
 Bulgarian: хигиена |
 Brazilian: higiene |
 Czech: hygiena |
 German: die Hygiene |
 Danish: hygiejne |
 Greek: υγιεινή |
 Spanish: higiene |
 Estonian: tervishoid |
 Farsi: بهداشت |
 Finnish: hygienia |
 French: hygiène |
 Hebrew: הִיגייֶנָה, גֵהוּת |
 Hindi: स्वास्थ्य विज्ञान |
 Croatian: higijena |
 Hungarian: higiénia |
 Indonesian: higiene |
 Icelandic: heilsufræði; hollustuhætt |
 Italian: igiene |
 Japanese: 衛生 |
 Korean: 위생학 |
 Lithuanian: higiena |
 Latvian: higiēna |
 Malay: kebersihan |
 Dutch: hygiene |
 Norwegian: hygiene, helselære |
 Polish: higiena |
 Persian: بهداشت |
 Pashto: روغتیا |
 Portuguese: higiene |
 Romanian: igienă |
 Russian: гигиена |
 Slovak: hygiena |
 Slovenian: higiena |
 Serbian: higijena |
 Swedish: hygien |
 Thai: สุขลักษณะ |
 Turkish: hijyen, sağlık koruma/bil |
 Taiwanese: 衛生(規定或科學) |
 Ukrainian: гігієна |
 Urdu: حفظان صحت کا علم |
 Vietnamese: vệ sinh |
 Chinese: 卫生（学） |
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