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hygienics

hygienics

5.7
Study of how to prevent illness by keeping people and places clean
  • noun
  • /haɪˈdʒiːnɪks/
  • Archaic
translation icon : higiene
  • The school implemented a new program focused on hygienics to educate students about handwashing and disease prevention.

Examples

  • Proper hygienics in the kitchen is essential to ensure food safety and avoid foodborne illnesses.

  • The study of hygienics emphasizes the importance of cleanliness in preventing illness.

  • The scientific community has also been involved, starting with physicians in the 19th century who cited the risk of, and advocated moving away from, the common cup, and continuing through this century with scrutiny of the religious rite from the perspective of hygienics (1, 15-29).

    Academic text (1997)

Synonyms

hygiene
vshygienics
84 2.2

Keeping your body and places clean to stay healthy

focuses on the scientific study of preventing illness through sanitation

Surface Forms

hygienics singular
hygienics plural

Morphology

hygienics = hygiene (transparent) = hygiene + ics

Formed by the standard field-of-study suffix '-ics' attached to 'hygiene', so a learner who knows 'hygiene' can infer 'hygienics' as the science or principles of hygiene.

Etymology

Hygienics comes from the Greek root hygie- meaning 'health', and this is the same root in the common word hygiene. So hygienics is the science of keeping people healthy by clean habits, safe water, and proper waste disposal.