Definition of Hygienics

1. Noun. The science concerned with the prevention of illness and maintenance of health.

Exact synonyms: Hygiene
Generic synonyms: Medical Specialty, Medicine
Derivative terms: Hygienic

Definition of Hygienics

1. n. The science of health; hygiene.

Definition of Hygienics

1. Noun. The science of hygiene ¹

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Definition of Hygienics

1. [n]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hygienics

hygeist
hygeists
hygenic
hygenist
hyght
hygieiolatry
hygieiology
hygieist
hygieists
hygiene
hygienes
hygienic
hygienic laboratory coefficient
hygienical
hygienically
hygienics (current term)
hygienise
hygienism
hygienist
hygienists
hygienize
hygiology
hygric
hygric acid
hygrine
hygrines
hygro-
hygrodeik
hygrodeiks
hygrograph

Literary usage of Hygienics

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Intellectual Life by Philip Gilbert Hamerton (1904)
"PART X INTELLECTUAL hygienics LETTER I TO A YOUNG AUTHOR WHILST HE WAS WRITING HIS FIRST BOOK Mr. Galton's advice to ..."

2. The Science of Penology: The Defense of Society Against Crime by Henry Martyn Boies (1901)
"... Therapeutics—hygienics. ART is long," but science is perpetual, ever living, ever growing. The life of art is but the sap of science. ..."

3. Western Lancet: A Monthly Journal of Practical Medicine and Surgery (1857)
"... Elementary View of the Causes, Nature, Treatment, Diagnosis and Prognosis of Disease ; with brief Remarks on hygienics, or the Preservation of Health. ..."

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