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What (who) is hygeia - definition

GODDESS IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY, PERSONIFICATION OF HEALTH
Salus Publica Populi Romani; Hygea; Hygeia
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  • Image of a marble statue depicting the lower portion of the goddess Hygieia while seated with a portion of a snake coiled atop the legs. Located in the Roman collection in The [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/246996 Metropolitan Museum of Art, inv: 03.12.11a] Dates to the 1st or 2nd century, A.D.

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(Mythol.) Goddess of health.
Hygeia         
·noun The goddess of health, daughter of Esculapius.
Hygieia         
Hygieia is a goddess from Greek, as well as Roman, mythology (also referred to as: Hygiea or Hygeia; ;Jones, Daniel; Roach, Peter, James Hartman and Jane Setter, eds. Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary.

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Hygieia

Hygieia is a goddess from Greek, as well as Roman, mythology (also referred to as: Hygiea or Hygeia; ; Ancient Greek: Ὑγιεία or Ὑγεία, Latin: Hygēa or Hygīa). Hygieia is a goddess of health (Greek: ὑγίειαhugieia), cleanliness and hygiene. Her name is the source for the word "hygiene".

Hygieia is related to the Greek god of medicine, Asclepius, who is the son of the Olympian god Apollo. Hygieia is most commonly referred to as a daughter of Asclepius and his wife Epione. Hygieia and her four sisters each performed a facet of Apollo's art: Hygieia (health, cleanliness, and sanitation); Panacea (universal remedy); Iaso (recuperation from illness); Aceso (the healing process); and Aegle (radiant good health).

Examples of use of hygeia
1. The head of the Diabetes Center at the Hygeia Hospital in Athens, Christos Zoupas said that up to 7 percent of Greeks suffer from diabetes and that the oral spray has the advantage of allowing the insulin to be absorbed faster than when it is injected.
2. With the help of the doctors at Srinagar’s Rotunda Hygeia, the Valley’s only fertility clinic, Shabnum conceived on December 26. ‘‘The father came to our centre with the surrogate mother,’’ said director of the centre, Dr Ruheel Nisa. ‘‘We took consent from all the parties involved and started treatment.