Hygiene

Noun

 * 1) The science of health, its promotion and preservation.
 * 2) Those conditions and practices that promote and preserve health.
 * 3) Cleanliness, in the context of personal hygiene.

Derived terms

 * hygienic
 * hygienically
 * hygienics
 * hygienist
 * hyperhygienist
 * mental hygiene
 * personal hygiene

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

Etymology
From hygiène <  ὑγιαίνω: < ὑγιής:.

Translations

 * Armenian: հիգիենա
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Esperanto: higieno
 * Finnish:


 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Polish:
 * Russian: гигиена
 * Spanish:

Noun

 * 1) hygiene