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Definition of: Hygeia
(hī·jē′ə)
In Greek mythology, the goddess of health; daughter of Aesculapius, the god of medicine: identified with the Roman Salus. Also Hy·ge′a, Hy·gi′a (-jī′ə). [<Gk. hygeia health]
—Hy·ge′ian adjective
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