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hygienist
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hy·giene  (hjn)
n.
1. The science that deals with the promotion and preservation of health. Also called hygienics.
2. Conditions and practices that serve to promote or preserve health: hygiene in the workplace; personal hygiene.
[French hygiène and New Latin hygieina, both from Greek hugiein (tekhn), (art) of health, feminine of hugis, healthy; see gwei- in Indo-European roots.]
hy·gienist (h-jnst, hj-, h-jnst) n.
hygienist [ˈhaɪdʒiːnɪst], hygeist, hygieist [ˈhaɪdʒiːɪst]
n
(Medicine) a person skilled in the practice of hygiene See also dental hygienist
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Noun1.hygienist - a medical specialist in hygiene
medical specialist, specialist - practices one branch of medicine
Translations
hygienist [haɪˈdʒiːnɪst] N → higienista mf
see also dental
hygienist [haɪˈdʒiːnɪst] n (also dental hygienist) → hygiéniste mf dentaire
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Jane Forrest, RDH, EdD, director of the National Center for Dental Hygiene Research and Ann Eshenaur Spolarich, RDH, PhD, associate director of the National Center for Dental Hygiene Research, hosted the North American Dental Hygiene Research Conference June 15-17 in Bethesda, Md.
North American Dental Hygiene Research Conference by Moffett, Frances / Access
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IPHA President Sarah Toevs, PhD, RDH, credits an APHA grant program in part for extending IPHA's technology and capacity-building capabilities.
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