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Hygiene

/ˈhaɪˌdʒiːn/

The science of health, its promotion and preservation.

📖 Definitions of "Hygiene"

noun
  1. 1

    The science of health, its promotion and preservation.

  2. 2

    Those conditions and practices that promote and preserve health.

    "Hygiene is an important consideration in places where food is prepared."

  3. 3

    Cleanliness.

    "They have poor personal hygiene."

  4. 4

    (of a macro) The property of having an expansion that is guaranteed not to cause the accidental capture of identifiers.

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