Hygiene is the maintenance of healthy practices. In modern terminology, this is usually regarded as a particular reference to cleanliness. The term Hygiene originates as a reference to Hygieia, who was a daughter of Asclepius and the goddess of health, cleanliness and sanitation. The related term personal grooming/grooming means to enhance one's physical appearance or appeal for others, by removing obvious imperfections in one's appearance or improving one's hygiene.

Outward signs of good hygiene include the absence of visible dirt (including dust and stains on clothing) or of bad odor/smells. Since the development of the germ theory of disease, hygiene has come to mean any practice leading to the absence of harmful levels of bacteria.

Good hygiene is an aid to health, beauty, comfort, and social interactions. It directly aids in disease prevention and/or disease isolation. (That is, good hygiene will help keep one healthy and thus avoid illness. If one is ill, good hygiene can reduce one's contagiousness to others.)

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Man the #VCU library smells like funk. Do students give up on hygiene during finals? Discuss.
Gunstar_Hero (RP) Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:51:19 -0000
Man the #VCU library smells like funk. Do students give up on hygiene during finals? Discuss.
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#iaintafraidtosay I HATE PEOPLE WITH BAD HYGIENE.
exoticbabygirl (Stephanie) Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:35:08 -0000
#iaintafraidtosay I HATE PEOPLE WITH BAD HYGIENE.
@xCrashJordan I take that as an offense to my personal hygiene. LOLOL jk night bubz<3
willowsaywhaa (Willow Marie) Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:27:23 -0000
@xCrashJordan I take that as an offense to my personal hygiene. LOLOL jk night bubz<3
Nine-tenths of our sickness can be prevented by right thinking plus right hygiene - nine-tenths of it! ~Henry Miller
charlesbudevans (Charles Evans) Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:22:48 -0000
Nine-tenths of our sickness can be prevented by right thinking plus right hygiene - nine-tenths of it! ~Henry Miller

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