hygiene

hygiene /ˈhʌɪdʒiːn /
▸ noun [mass noun] conditions or practices conducive to maintaining health and preventing disease, especially through cleanliness: poor standards of food hygiene personal hygiene.

– ORIGIN late 16th century: via French from modern Latin hygieina, from Greek hugieinē (tekhnē) ‘(art) of health’, from hugiēs ‘healthy’.

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