Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
tending to promote or preserve health;
- Example: "hygienic habits like using disposable tissues"- Example: "hygienic surroundings with plenty of fresh air"[syn: hygienic, hygienical]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hygienic \Hy`gi*en"ic\, a. [Cf. F. hygi['e]nique.]
Of or pertaining to health or hygiene; sanitary.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
hygienic
adj 1: tending to promote or preserve health; "hygienic habits
like using disposable tissues"; "hygienic surroundings
with plenty of fresh air" [syn: hygienic, hygienical]