'Hygiene' definitions:
Definition of 'hygiene'
(from WordNet)
noun
A condition promoting sanitary practices; "personal hygiene"
noun
The science concerned with the prevention of illness and maintenance of health [syn: hygiene, hygienics]
Definition of 'Hygiene'
From: GCIDE
- Hygiene \Hy"gi*ene\, n. [F. hygi[`e]ne. See Hygeia.] That department of sanitary science which treats of the preservation of health, esp. of households and communities; a system of principles or rules designated for the promotion of health. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'hygiene'
From: GCIDE
- Regimen \Reg"i*men\ (r?j"?*m?n), n. [L. regimen, -inis, fr. regere to guide, to rule. See Right, and cf. Regal, R['e]gime, Regiment.]
- 1. Orderly government; system of order; adminisration. --Hallam. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Any regulation or remedy which is intended to produce beneficial effects by gradual operation; esp. (Med.), a systematic course of diet, etc., pursed with a view to improving or preserving the health, or for the purpose of attaining some particular effect, as a reduction of flesh; -- sometimes used synonymously with hygiene. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Gram.) (a) A syntactical relation between words, as when one depends on another and is regulated by it in respect to case or mood; government. (b) The word or words governed. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'hygiene'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- antisepsis,
- decontamination,
- disinfection,
- disinfestation,
- epidemiology,
- flash pasteurization,
- fumigation,
- health physics,
- hygenics,
- hygienics,
- mental hygiene,
- pasteurization,
- preventive dentistry,
- preventive medicine,
- prophylactic psychology,
- prophylactodontia,
- prophylaxis,
- public health,
- sanitation,
- sterilization