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sanitary
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective sanitary has 1 sense
- sanitary(a = adj.all) healthful - free from filth and pathogens; "sanitary conditions for preparing food"; "a sanitary washroom" Derived form noun sanitariness1
Antonym: unsanitary
CIDE DICTIONARY
sanitary, a. [L. sanitas health: cf. F. sanitaire. See Sanity.].
Of or pertaining to health; designed to secure or preserve health; relating to the preservation or restoration of health; hygienic; as, sanitary regulations. See the Note under Sanatory. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
sanitary, adj.
1 of the conditions that affect health, esp. with regard to dirt and infection.
2 hygienic; free from or designed to kill germs, infection, etc.
1 of the conditions that affect health, esp. with regard to dirt and infection.
2 hygienic; free from or designed to kill germs, infection, etc.
Idiom
sanitary engineer a person dealing with systems needed to maintain public health. sanitary towel (US napkin) an absorbent pad used during menstruation. sanitary ware porcelain for lavatories etc.
Derivative
sanitarian n. & adj. sanitarily adv. sanitariness n.
Etymology
F sanitaire f. L sanitas: see SANITY
THESAURUS
sanitary
antiseptic, aseptic, beneficial, benign, boiled, bracing, clean, constitutional, decontaminated, disinfected, good, good for, health-enhancing, health-preserving, healthful, healthy, hygeian, hygienic, invigorating, pasteurized, prophylactic, refreshing, salubrious, salutary, sterile, sterilized, tonic, uninfected, unpolluted, wholesomeROGET THESAURUS
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Salubrity
N salubrity, healthiness, fine air, fine climate, eudiometer, hygiene, valetudinarian, valetudinarianism, sanitarian, sanitarium, sanitOrium, salubrious, salutary, salutiferous, wholesome, healthy, healthful, sanitary, prophYlactic, benign, bracing, tonic, invigorating, good for, nutritious, hygeian, hygienic, innoxious, innocuous, innocent, harmless, uninjurious, uninfectious, sanative, restorative, useful.
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