Vocabulary
Hygiene
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
conditions or practices conducive to maintaining health and preventing disease, especially through cleanliness.
Urdu meaning
حفظان صحت، مفید صحت
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- The most glaring issue, which perhaps goes unaddressed due to it being one of appearance, is the severe lack of hygiene and sanitation within the City Courts.
- Despite being the backbone of urban hygiene, sanitation workers are routinely subjected to degrading treatment, dangerous working conditions and systemic exclusion.
- Dengue, among other diseases, has spread across the country because of the absence of hygiene.
- The current research is led by Mishal Khan based at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, also my alma mater, and 17 other researchers, most of them at AKU Karachi.
- The current research is led by Mishal Khan based at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, also my alma mater, and 17 other researchers, most of them at AKU Karachi.
Synonyms
cleanliness, personal hygiene, personal cleanliness, purity, sterility, disinfection, sanitation, sanitariness
Curator example
“poor standards of food hygiene”
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