From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hygiene \Hy"gi*ene\, noun [F. hygi['e]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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Regimen \Reg"i*men\ (r?j"?*m?n), noun [L. regimen, -inis, fr. regere to guide, to rule. See {Right}, and cf. {Regal}, {R['e]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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a condition promoting sanitary practices; "personal hygiene"
2: the science concerned with the prevention of illness and maintenance of health [syn: {hygienics}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "hygiene": antisepsis, decontamination, disinfection, disinfestation, epidemiology, flash pasteurization, fumigation, health physics, hygenics, hygienics, mental hygiene, pasteurization, preventive dentistry, preventive medicine, prophylactic psychology, prophylactodontia, prophylaxis, public health, sanitation, sterilization
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