HYGIENIC


Meaning of HYGIENIC in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌhī-ˈjē-nik, -ˈje- also ]

-jē-ˈe-nik adjective

Date: 1833

1.

a. : of or relating to hygiene

b. : having or showing good hygiene

hygienic conditions

2.

a. : antiseptic 3c

sweetly hygienic production…comic in an entirely innocuous way — J. W. Aldridge

b. : antiseptic 4

a hygienic view of national realities and moral imperatives — I. L. Horowitz

• hy·gien·i·cal·ly -ni-k(-ə)lē adverb

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