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Meanings of hygienic in English

Tending to promote or preserve health.

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Usage of hygienic in English
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Food was paltry and hygienic conditions often dismal in damp overcrowded cells.
Reuters
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We talk a lot about risk management, this nice, hygienic, corporate phrase.
The new yorker
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Occupational hygienic measures are the first step in preventing environmental pollution hazards.
Pubmed
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The room was medium-sized, furnished in a kind of bare hygienic way.
The Secret Adversary
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The hygienic department was to be all that modern science could desire.
The Inside of the Cup — Volume 03
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Emmeline's rag-doll was a shocking affair from a hygienic or artistic standpoint.
The Blue Lagoon
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Lastly, medication without insuring favorable hygienic conditions is like amputation without ligatures.
Medical Essays, 1842-1882
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It affects all classes, but especially those whose hygienic surroundings are poor.
The Eugenic Marriage, Volume 4 (of 4) / A Personal Guide to the ...
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Instead, they appeared to be at the hygienic level of tramps' lodging-houses.
Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story
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I wonder if it has struck you, how really hygienic plants are?
The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.
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The paper wrapper looped around the toilet seat to telegraph hygienic sterility.
Losing charlotte
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Proper setting of thermal water temperature resulted critical, in terms of hygienic quality.
Pubmed
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Stunting prevalence is lower in households with safe water access and hygienic toilets.
Pubmed
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CMV educational and hygienic measures have the potential to prevent primary maternal infection.
Pubmed
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Are they as hygienic as paper towels, as their manufacturers claim?
Wired
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The breadth of data does not favour one method as being more hygienic.
Pubmed
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