cleanliness (hygiene)

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• Hygiene — refers to practices associated with ensuring good health and cleanliness. Such practices vary widely and what is considered acceptable in one culture may be unacceptable in another. In medical contexts, the term hygiene refers to the maintenance… …   Wikipedia

• hygiene — [hī′jēn΄, hī jēn′] n. [Fr hygiène < Gr hygieinē ( technē), (art) of health < hygiēs, healthy, sound < IE * su gwiyēs, living well < base * su , well ( > Sans su , well) + base * gwei , to live > Gr bios, life, L vivus, living] 1 …   English World dictionary

• hygiene — [n] cleanliness healthful living, hygienics, preventive medicine, public health, regimen, salutariness, sanitation, wholesomeness; concepts 316,405 Ant. dirtiness, filth, foulness …   New thesaurus

• hygiene — ► NOUN ▪ conditions or practices that help to maintain health and prevent disease, especially cleanliness. ORIGIN from Greek hugiein tekhn art of health , from hugi s healthy …   English terms dictionary

• Cleanliness — For the Wikipedia guidelines, see Wikipedia:Cleanup. For the animation process, see clean up. Not to be confused with Cleanness. This 1890s ad for Pears Soap promoted cleanliness in the service of imperialism, with the racially charged expression …   Wikipedia

• HYGIENE — The conception of personal cleanliness as both a prerequisite of holiness and an aid to physical fitness is central to Jewish tradition. Many of the biblical commandments promote hygiene, though their stated intention was ritual purity rather… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Hygiene — The science of preventive medicine and the preservation of health. From the name of Hygeia, the daughter of Asklepios, the Greek god of medicine (whose staff with entwined snake is the symbol of medicine). Asklepios (known to the Romans as… …   Medical dictionary

• hygiene — [[t]ha͟ɪʤiːn[/t]] N UNCOUNT Hygiene is the practice of keeping yourself and your surroundings clean, especially in order to prevent illness or the spread of diseases. Be extra careful about personal hygiene. Syn: cleanliness …   English dictionary

• cleanliness — noun /ˈklɛnlinəs/ the property of being cleanly, or habitually clean; good hygiene Cleanliness is next to godliness. (proverb) See Also: cleanup …   Wiktionary

• hygiene — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. cleanliness, hygienics, hygiology, regimen, preventive medicine, hygienization, healthful living, public health, hygiantics, sanitary measures, sanitary provisions; see also health 1 , sanitation . II (Roget s 3… …   English dictionary for students

• hygiene — noun Etymology: French hygiène & New Latin hygieina, from Greek, neuter plural of hygieinos healthful, from hygiēs healthy; akin to Sanskrit su well and to Latin vivus living more at quick Date: 1671 1. a science of the establishment and… …   New Collegiate Dictionary