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hygien — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • hygiene noun The practices and conditions that keep people healthy and clean, especially by preventing disease.
  • sanitary adj Relating to health and the prevention of disease, especially through cleanliness.
  • sanitation noun Systems and practices for safely disposing of waste and keeping an area clean and healthy.

Senses

hygien is used for these senses in English:

  • hygiene Those conditions and practices that promote and preserve health.
  • sanitary Clean and free from pathogens; hygienic.
  • sanitation The policy and practice of protecting health through hygienic measures.

sanitary — full definition

  1. adj Relating to health and the prevention of disease, especially through cleanliness.
  2. adj Clean and free of germs or disease-causing filth.

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