| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | hy·giene |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  h  j n |
| NOUN: | 1. The science that deals with the promotion and preservation of health. Also called hygienics. 2. Conditions and practices that serve to promote or preserve health: hygiene in the workplace; personal hygiene. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French hygiène and New Latin hygieina, both from Greek hugiein (tekhn), (art) of health, feminine of hugis, healthy. See gwei- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | hy·gienist (h-jn st, hj-, h-j nst) —NOUN
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