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hygiene|ˈhaɪdʒiːn, ˈhaɪ-, ˈhɪdʒɪiːn|
[a. F. hygiène (Dict. Acad. 1762, in 16th c. hygiaine Paré), in mod.L. hygieina, ad. Gr. ὑγιεινή (τέχνη art), fem. of ὑγιεινός healthful, f. ὑγιής healthy. Formerly used in Lat. or Gr. form.]
That department of knowledge or practice which relates to the maintenance of health; a system of principles or rules for preserving or promoting health; sanitary science.
[1597A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 1 b/1 Hygiena,..which instructeth how we shoulde continuallye preserve our presente health. 1671Salmon Syn. Med. iii. i. 322* The Speculative part of Medicine is threefold: to wit, in Physiologia, Hygiene, and Pathologia. 1704J. Harris Lex. Techn. s.v. Analepticks, A part of Hygieina, or the Art of preserving Health. 1727–41Chambers Cycl., Hygieine, that branch of medicine which considers health.] 1796Southey Lett. Journ. Spain (1799) 470 The second [Professorship] shall be of Physiology and Higiene. Note, I do not understand this word; perhaps it means the doctrine of health. 1811Hooper Med. Dict., Hygiene, modern physicians have applied this term to that division of therapia which treats of the diet of the sick. 1861M. Arnold Pop. Educ. France 132 Extending only to matters of what our [French] neighbours call ‘hygiene, salubrity, and morality’. 1864E. A. Parkes Pract. Hygiene (1869) 1 Hygiene is the art of preserving health. 1874Mahaffy Soc. Life Greece ix. 274 Greek medicine rather started from hygiene than from pathology. 1898Times 25 Aug. 5/6 The improved hygiene of dwellings and workshops. |