hygiene
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English
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”).
Pronunciation
Noun
hygiene (countable and uncountable, plural hygienes)
- The science of health, its promotion and preservation.
- Those conditions and practices that promote and preserve health.
- Hygiene is an important consideration in places where food is prepared.
- Cleanliness.
- They have poor personal hygiene.
- (computing, slang, of a macro) The property of having an expansion that is guaranteed not to cause the accidental capture of identifiers.
Derived terms
Translations
science of health
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conditions and practices that promote and preserve health
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Further reading
- “hygiene”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “hygiene”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
References
- ^ “hygiene”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
hygiene m (definite singular hygienen) (uncountable)
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
hygiene m (definite singular hygienen) (uncountable)