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hygienic
What does hygienic mean?
hygienic (adjective): clean, sanitary, free of disease.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use hygienic in a sentence?
Where does hygienic come from?
From French hygiénique.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to hygienic
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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likely or most likely to be true
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clean, sanitary, free of disease
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performed or happening in secret
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measured or expressed in numbers
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