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# hygienist

«hygienist» in Mova's school dictionary: **A dental hygienist: a trained health worker who cleans…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a hygienist, hygienists)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A dental hygienist: a trained health worker who cleans people's teeth, removes hard tartar and teaches how to brush and floss. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hygienist/#m1)

2) Less often, any expert on hygiene and health, such as an occupational hygienist who checks workplaces are safe and clean. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hygienist/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, children meet a hygienist at the dentist's: the hygienist scrapes and polishes the teeth and shows how to brush properly. In stories about jobs it is a health career. Phrases: dental hygienist, see the hygienist, the hygienist's chair.

### examples

- The hygienist cleaned my teeth and made them shiny. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hygienist/#x1)
- The hygienist showed me how to floss between my teeth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hygienist/#x2)
- Mum has an appointment with the dental hygienist. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hygienist/#x3)
- My aunt trained for three years to become a hygienist. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hygienist/#x4)
- The hygienist said I should brush for two minutes, twice a day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hygienist/#x5)
- A hygienist works alongside the dentist. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hygienist/#x6)

### note

Countable: a hygienist, two hygienists. Spelling like «hygiene»: h-y-g-i-e-n-i-s-t. A hygienist is not a dentist: dentists fill and pull teeth; hygienists mostly clean and prevent decay.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hygienist» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hygienist/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.