English Explanatory Dictionary

hygiene

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The science of health, its promotion and preservation.
  2. Those conditions and practices that promote and preserve health.
  3. Cleanliness.
  4. The property of having an expansion that is guaranteed not to cause the accidental capture of identifiers.

Pronunciation

hī'jēn hījēn' /ˈhaɪˌd͡ʒiːn/ /haɪˈd͡ʒiːn/ en-us-hygiene.ogg

Word forms

hygiene hygienes

Etymology

From French hygiène, from Ancient Greek ὑγιεινή (τέχνη) (hugieinḗ (tékhnē), literally “art of health”), from ὑγιεινός (hugieinós, “of health, good for the health, wholesome, sound, healthy”), from ὑγιής (hugiḗs, “healthy, sound”).

Derived words

body hygiene kit chronohygiene cyberhygiene feminine hygiene hygiene poverty hygiene theater hygienic hygienically hygienics hygienism hygienist hyperhygienist mental hygiene occupational hygiene oral hygiene personal hygiene racial hygiene sleep hygiene social hygiene zoohygiene
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