(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:15:12

Hy*ge"ia (?), n. [L. Hygea, Hygia, fr. Gr. , , health, , Hygeia, fr. sound, healthy.] Classic Myth.

The goddess of health, daughter of Esculapius.

 

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