hygiene
The science of health, its promotion and preservation.
Other meanings
Those conditions and practices that promote and preserve health.
“Hygiene is an important consideration in places where food is prepared.”
The property of having an expansion that is guaranteed not to cause the accidental capture of identifiers.
Related words
- chronohygiene
- cyberhygiene
- hygienism
- zoohygiene
- feminine hygiene
- hygiene theater
- hygienic
- hygienically
- hygienics
- hygienist
- hyperhygienist
- mental hygiene
Example sentences
Word history
From French "hygiène".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “hygiene” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.