hygiene

== English == === Etymology === From French hygiène, from Ancient Greek ὑγιεινή (τέχνη) (hugieinḗ (tékhnē), literally “art of health”), from ὑγιεινός (hugieinós, “of health, good for the health, wholesome, sound, healthy”), from ὑγιής (hugiḗs, “healthy, sound”). === Pronunciation === enPR: hī'jēn, hījēn', IPA(key): /ˈhaɪˌd͡ʒiːn/, /haɪˈd͡ʒiːn/ === Noun === hygiene (countable and uncountable, plural hygienes) The science of health, its promotion and preservation. Those conditions and practices that promote and preserve health. Cleanliness. (computing, slang, of a macro) The property of having an expansion that is guaranteed not to cause the accidental capture of identifiers. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== “hygiene”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “hygiene”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Verb === hygiene (third-person singular simple present hygienes, present participle hygiening, simple past and past participle hygiened) This term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}. === References === == Norwegian Bokmål == === Noun === hygiene m (definite singular hygienen) (uncountable) hygiene ==== Derived terms ==== munnhygiene ==== Related terms ==== hygienisk == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === hygiene m (definite singular hygienen) (uncountable) hygiene ==== Derived terms ==== munnhygiene ==== Related terms ==== hygienisk