Hygiene : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Hygiene	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Hygiene
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hygiene n a condition promoting sanitary practices; "personal hygiene" the science concerned with the prevention of illness and maintenance of health Synonym(s): hygiene, hygienics
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Regimen \Reg"imen\ (r?j"?m?n), n. [L. regimen, -inis, fr. regere to guide, to rule. See {Right}, and cf. {Regal}, {R[82]gime}, {Regiment}.] 1. Orderly government; system of order; adminisration. --Hallam. 2. Any regulation or remedy which is intended to produce beneficial effects by gradual operation; esp. (Med.), a systematic course of diet, etc., pursed with a view to improving or preserving the health, or for the purpose of attaining some particular effect, as a reduction of flesh; -- sometimes used synonymously with {hygiene}. 3. (Gram.) (a) A syntactical relation between words, as when one depends on another and is regulated by it in respect to case or mood; government. (b) The word or words governed.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hygiene \Hy"gi*ene\, n. [F. hygi[8a]ne. See {Hygeia}.] That department of sanitary science which treats of the preservation of health, esp. of households and communities; a system of principles or rules designated for the promotion of health.