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hygienic, a.|haɪˈdʒiːnɪk, haɪ-, hɪdʒɪˈɛnɪk, -ˈiːnɪk| [f. prec. + -ic. Cf. F. hygiénique (1812 in Hatz.-Darm.).] Belonging or relating to hygiene; sanitary.
1833Dunglison cited in Worcester 1846. 1842 Pereira Elem. Mat. Med. (ed. 2) I. 46 Air, Aliment, Exercise, Excretions, Sleep..are now denominated Hygienic Agents. 1860New Syd. Soc. Year-bk. 471 The hygienic rules given by the Medical Council of Prussia. 1877Roberts Handbk. Med. (ed. 3) I. 31 Unfavourable hygienic conditions. 1898F. J. Gould in Lit. Guide 1 Oct. 154/2 The mere bending over printed volumes is neither hygienic nor aesthetic. So hyˈgienical a. = prec.; hence hyˈgienically adv., in a hygienic manner, in relation to hygiene.
1872W. R. Greg Enigmas iii. 123 Those who morally and hygienically are fittest to perpetuate it [the race]. 1876Bartholow Mat. Med. (1879) 66 Various hygienical relations of the subject are also therapeutical. |