hygienicadj.
/hʌɪˈdʒiːnɪk//hɪdʒɪˈɛnɪk//hʌɪˈdʒɛnɪk//hɪˈdʒiːnɪk/ Belonging or relating to hygiene; sanitary.
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the world > health and disease > [adjective]
healthy1600
hygienal1663
hygiastic1670
hygeian1766
hygiantic1815
hygienic1833
hygeistic1836
sanatory1846
hygienical1879
1833 R. Dunglison Dict. Med. Sci. in J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. (1846)
1842 J. Pereira Elements Materia Medica (ed. 2) I. 46 Air, Aliment, Exercise, Excretions, Sleep..are now denominated Hygienic Agents.
1860 Year-bk. Med. 1859 (New Sydenham Soc.) 471 The hygienic rules given by the Medical Council of Prussia.
1877 F. T. Roberts Handbk. Med. (ed. 3) I. 31 Unfavourable hygienic conditions.
1898 F. J. Gould in Lit. Guide 1 Oct. 154/2 The mere bending over printed volumes is neither hygienic nor aesthetic.
Derivatives
hyˈgienical adj. = main sense.
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the world > health and disease > [adjective]
healthy1600
hygienal1663
hygiastic1670
hygeian1766
hygiantic1815
hygienic1833
hygeistic1836
sanatory1846
hygienical1879
1879 R. Bartholow Pract. Treat. Materia Med. (ed. 3) 66 Various hygienical relations of the subject are also therapeutical.
hyˈgienically adv. in a hygienic manner, in relation to hygiene.
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the world > health and disease > [adverb]
hygienically1872
1872 W. R. Greg Enigmas iii. 123 Those who morally and hygienically are fittest to perpetuate it [the race].
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