About The Word Hygiene
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Hygiene
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What's The Definition Of Hygiene?
[n] the science concerned with the prevention of illness and maintenance of health
[n] a condition promoting sanitary practices; "personal hygiene" Synonyms | Synonyms for Hygiene: hygienics Related Terms | Find terms related to 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 | sterilization See Also | medical specialty | medicine | sanitariness Hygiene In Webster's Dictionary \Hy"gi*ene\, n. [F. hygi[`e]ne. 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.
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