hygiasticadj.
/hʌɪdʒɪˈastɪk//hɪdʒɪˈastɪk/ Relating to health; sanitary, hygienic.
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the world > health and disease > [adjective]
healthy1600
hygienal1663
hygiastic1670
hygeian1766
hygiantic1815
hygienic1833
hygeistic1836
sanatory1846
hygienical1879
1670 E. Maynwaring Vita Sana & Longa (new ed.) Pref. 3 The Hygiastick Laws and Rules hereafter prescribed.
1855 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Having power to heal: hygieastic.
1884 Internat. Health Exhib. Official Catal. 72/2 Improved Hygiastic Ventilating Grate.
Derivatives
hygiˈastics n. the science of health, hygiene.
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the world > health and disease > [noun] > science or study of
hygiene1799
hygiantics1815
hygiastics1815
Hygeia1841–4
hygienics1855
hygiology1855
hygeiolatry1882
1815 J. Bentham Chrestomathia i. 44 Hygiastics or Hygiantics,..the branches of art and science, which appertain to health.
1855 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Hygieastica,..hygieastics.
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