hygiene

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a condition promoting sanitary practices

   personal hygiene

2. 2
   noun

   Those conditions and practices that promote and preserve health.

   Hygiene is an important consideration in places where food is prepared.

3. 3
   noun

   Cleanliness.

   They have poor personal hygiene.

4. 4
   noun

   the science concerned with the prevention of illness and maintenance of health

5. 5
   noun

   The science of health, its promotion and preservation.

6. 6
   noun

   The property of having an expansion that is guaranteed not to cause the accidental capture of identifiers.

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”).