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Hygeia

/ haɪˈdʒiːə /

noun

  1. the Greek goddess of health

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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  • Hygeian adjective
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A statement by Hygeia Hospital said the former king suffered a stroke and complications from other health problems.

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Staff at the private Hygeia Hospital in Athens confirmed to The Associated Press that Constantine has died after treatment in an intensive care unit but had no further details pending an official announcement.

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Odlum moved to Fort Monroe in Hampton, Va., where he worked as a lifeguard at a summer resort called the Hygeia Hotel.

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“Hygeia deviates from a perfectly spherical shape by a fraction of a percent, whereas the non-sphericity of Pluto is 300 times smaller.”

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Earlier, in July 1891, the exposition had granted a contract for the work to the Hygeia Mineral Springs Company, headed by an entrepreneur named J. E. McElroy, but the company had accomplished little.

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