hygienist

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

/ haɪˈdʒi nɪst, -ˈdʒɛn ɪst, ˈhaɪ dʒi nɪst /

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noun

an expert in hygiene.

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Also hy·ge·ist, hy·gie·ist

[hahy-jee-ist]. /ˈhaɪ dʒi ɪst/.

Origin of hygienist

First recorded in 1835–45; hygiene + -ist

Words nearby hygienist

Hygiea, Hygieia, hygiene, hygienic, hygienics, hygienist, Hyginus, hygric, hygristor, hygro-, hygrogram

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How to use hygienist in a sentence

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.
A Temp Worker Died on the Job After FedEx Didn’t Fix a Known Hazard. The Fine: $7,000.|by Wendi C. Thomas, MLK50: Justice Through Journalism|December 23, 2020|ProPublica
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.
Inside American dentistry’s identity crisis|Rachel Schallom|October 27, 2020|Fortune
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.
Inside American dentistry’s identity crisis|Rachel Schallom|October 27, 2020|Fortune
She’s heard about bullying by both dentists and hygienists, she says, and workplace conflict over safety measures.
Inside American dentistry’s identity crisis|Rachel Schallom|October 27, 2020|Fortune

If dentists remotely review data captured by hygienists, they can see more patients.
Teledentistry is filling a cavity left by the pandemic, but some caution it can’t replace in-person visits|lbelanger225|October 21, 2020|Fortune
Each, however, is better than steak smothered in onions or potatoes fried in lard; any hygienist will tell you that.
Italian Highways and Byways from a Motor Car|Francis Miltoun
But Aunt Plessington had made him a Haigite, which is one of the fiercer kinds of hygienist, just in the nick of time.
Marriage|H. G. Wells
No competent hygienist is deceived into mistaking this phenomenon for an indication of the end.
The Clarion|Samuel Hopkins Adams
The following letter from a veteran hygienist refers to the family whose history I have been relating.
The Natural Cure of Consumption, Constipation, Bright's Disease, Neuralgia, Rheumatism,|Charles Edward Page
It realises the dream of some insane hygienist: it scrubs the sky.
A Miscellany of Men|G. K. Chesterton

British Dictionary definitions for hygienist

hygienist

hygeist or hygieist (ˈhaɪdʒiːɪst)

/ (ˈhaɪdʒiːnɪst) /

noun

a person skilled in the practice of hygieneSee also dental hygienist

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