hygiene Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a condition promoting sanitary practices
    • personal hygiene
  2. noun the science concerned with the prevention of illness and maintenance of health
    hygienics.

WordNet

Hy"gi*ene noun
Etymology
F. hygiène. See Hygeia.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913