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Definition of Hygeia
1. Noun. (Greek mythology) the goddess of health; daughter of Aesculapius and sister of Panacea.
Definition of Hygeia
1. n. The goddess of health, daughter of Esculapius.
Medical Definition of Hygeia
1. The goddess of health, daughter of Esculapius. Origin: L. Hygea, Hygia, fr. Gr, health, Hygeia, fr. Sound, healthy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hygeia
Literary usage of Hygeia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ohio Educational Monthly by Ohio Education Association (1887)
"Sing we of hygeia, than Venus more fair; E'en Venus the charms of hygeia must
... Then hail to hygeia, our beautiful queen ! 'Neath the sway of her wand how ..."
2. Lyra Bicyclica: Forty Poets on the Wheel by Joseph Grinnell Dalton (1880)
"WELL, Saint hygeia, have they said That, of devices we can frame, Your bicycle
is best to tread For following up a healthy aim. All common folk to elevate, ..."
3. Songs and Other Fancies by Henry Dupee Muir (1901)
"hygeia There is one goddess of the sacred hill That men may worship still— hygeia,
thou white of foot, thou bright of tress! There is one name beyond our ..."
4. The Ohio Educational Monthly and the National Teacher: A Journal of Education by Ohio State Teachers Association (1887)
"Sing we of hygeia, than Venus more fair; E'en Venus the charms of hygeia must
... Then hail to hygeia, our beautiful queen ! 'Neath the sway of her wand how ..."
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