Hygiene
['haɪdʒiːn] or ['haɪdʒin]
Definition
(noun.) the science concerned with the prevention of illness and maintenance of health.
(noun.) a condition promoting sanitary practices; 'personal hygiene'.
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Definition
(n.) 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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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Hygienics, science of health.
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Examples
- They studied physiology and hygiene, and their _materia medica_ was practically the same as ours to-day. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The educational proposals are all constructive: the teaching of sex hygiene is guardedly recommended for consideration. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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