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Noun: hygiene  hI-jeen
  1. A condition promoting sanitary practices
    "personal hygiene"
     
  2. The science concerned with the prevention of illness and maintenance of health
    - hygienics

Derived forms: hygienes

See also: hygienic

Type of: medical specialty, medicine, sanitariness

Encyclopedia: Hygiene Hygiene, Colorado

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