Also hygienics. the science that deals with the preservation of health.
a condition or practice conducive to the preservation of health, as cleanliness: medical problems related to poor personal hygiene.
Origin of hygiene
First recorded in 1590–1600; from French hygiène, from New Latin hygieina, from Greek hygieinḕ (téchnē) “healthful (art),” feminine of hygieinós “healthful,” equivalent to hygiḗ(s) “healthy” + -inos-ine1
There is an awareness of hygiene, and how viruses and vaccines work.
Malala Yousafzai tells the business community: Education is the best way to guard against future crises|Michal Lev-Ram, writer|September 15, 2020|Fortune
Modern Japan is famed for its attention to cleanliness and personal hygiene.
Loo with a view: Would you dare to use Tokyo’s transparent public toilets?|claychandler|September 15, 2020|Fortune
Judges for the competition, which is split into “traditional” and “specialty” categories, are mostly recruited from the culinary industry, and rank each bowl by color, texture, hygiene, and taste.
In Pursuit of the Perfect Bowl of Porridge|Clarissa Wei|September 11, 2020|Eater
Then those schools paid strict attention to social distancing, wearing masks and hygiene, including handwashing and frequent cleaning of classrooms.
When science doesn’t yet have the answers|Nancy Shute|August 23, 2020|Science News
Flushing a toilet or urinal has always posed some kind of hygiene risk, as the action creates an interaction between gas and air.
Urinals and toilets may spread COVID-19, new research shows, adding fuel to the mask debate|kdunn6|August 19, 2020|Fortune
It became something both for the hygiene of the couch and the patient.
What Does Your Shrink’s Decor Say About You?|Oliver Jones|September 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She opens them to show diapers, baby food, hygiene products, and clothing.
An Iraqi Group Helping Women and Gays Is Receiving Death Threats|Jacob Siegel|July 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This sounds like a nightmare, but like I mentioned above, it's also an opportunity to step up your Internet hygiene.
How to Mitigate the Damage of the Heartbleed Security Hole|Joshua Kopstein|April 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
UNHCR will press refugee families to bring in their children for vaccination and deal with waste disposal and hygiene.
U.N. Prepares for Regional Polio Outbreak in Syria and Lebanon|Josh Rogin|October 31, 2013|DAILY BEAST
A similar monastic silence reigned, and the atmosphere was also of high seriousness and hygiene.
My Week At An Austrian Fat Camp|Owen Matthews|October 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Lost wealth can be replaced by industry; lost health by hygiene; but lost time is gone forever.
Hidden Treasures|Harry A. Lewis
In architecture and hygiene, a building fitted up for and appropriated to bathing.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley
A text on physiology, hygiene, and sanitation for upper grammar or junior high schools.
College Teaching|Paul Klapper
There can be no doubt that the ravages of tuberculosis could be materially arrested by compliance with the laws of hygiene.
Industrial Cuba|Robert P. Porter
Street police was still quite in its infancy; hygiene an art scarce beginning to be practised.
The Story of Chartres|Cecil Headlam
British Dictionary definitions for hygiene
hygiene
/ (ˈhaɪdʒiːn) /
noun
Also called: hygienicsthe science concerned with the maintenance of health
clean or healthy practices or thinkingpersonal hygiene
Word Origin for hygiene
C18: from New Latin hygiēna, from Greek hugieinē, from hugiēs healthy