hygiene

3 definitions • 6 examples

the degree to which people keep themselves or their environment clean, especially to prevent disease:

Poor standards of hygiene mean that the disease spreads fast.

health and hygiene regulations

dental/personal hygiene

the practice or principles of keeping yourself and your environment clean in order to maintain health and prevent disease:

He doesn’t care much about personal hygiene.

care and attention that is given to keeping yourself and your environment clean, especially to prevent disease:

good/poor/proper hygiene Hospital staff blamed the spread of infections on poor hygiene.

personal/public/worker hygiene Among the problems cited were inadequate hand-washing facilities and poor worker hygiene.