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hygienist

[ hahy-jee-nist, -jen-ist, hahy-jee-nist ]

noun

  1. an expert in hygiene.


hygienist

/ ˈhaɪdʒiːɪst; ˈhaɪdʒiːnɪst /

noun

  1. a person skilled in the practice of hygiene See also dental hygienist
“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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Word History and Origins

Origin of hygienist1

First recorded in 1835–45; hygiene + -ist
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Example Sentences

Young’s death was “extremely preventable,” said Peter Dooley, a certified industrial hygienist for the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health, which promotes worker safety.

Today, almost all of America’s dentists are back in the office, along with approximately 96% of their dental staff, who include hygienists, assistants, and office managers.

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In it, he called for dentists to keep in communication with their staff, and for hygienists, specifically, to raise concerns with their employer before blowing the whistle.

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She’s heard about bullying by both dentists and hygienists, she says, and workplace conflict over safety measures.

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If dentists remotely review data captured by hygienists, they can see more patients.

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Each, however, is better than steak smothered in onions or potatoes fried in lard; any hygienist will tell you that.

But Aunt Plessington had made him a Haigite, which is one of the fiercer kinds of hygienist, just in the nick of time.

No competent hygienist is deceived into mistaking this phenomenon for an indication of the end.

The following letter from a veteran hygienist refers to the family whose history I have been relating.

It realises the dream of some insane hygienist: it scrubs the sky.

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