Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hygiene"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Regimen \Reg"i*men\ (r?j"?*m?n), n. [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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hygiene \Hy"gi*ene\, n. [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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hygiene
n 1: a condition promoting sanitary practices; "personal hygiene"
2: the science concerned with the prevention of illness and
maintenance of health [syn: {hygienics}]
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