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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun sanitation has 2 senses
- sanitation(n = noun.state) Array - the state of being clean and conducive to health; Array is a kind of sanitariness
- sanitation(n = noun.act) sanitisation, sanitization - making something sanitary (free of germs) as by sterilizing; Array is a kind of cleaning, cleansing, cleanup
Derived form verb sanitate1
CIDE DICTIONARY
sanitation, n.
The act of rendering sanitary; the science of sanitary conditions; the preservation of health; the use of sanitary measures; hygiene. [1913 Webster]
"How much sanitation has advanced during the last half century."
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
sanitation, n.
1 sanitary conditions.
2 the maintenance or improving of these.
3 the disposal of sewage and refuse from houses etc.
1 sanitary conditions.
2 the maintenance or improving of these.
3 the disposal of sewage and refuse from houses etc.
Derivative
sanitate v.tr. & intr. sanitationist n.
Etymology
irreg. f. SANITARY
THESAURUS
sanitation
antisepsis, decontamination, disinfection, disinfestation, epidemiology, flash pasteurization, fumigation, health physics, hygenics, hygiene, hygienics, mental hygiene, pasteurization, preventive dentistry, preventive medicine, prophylactic psychology, prophylactodontia, prophylaxis, public health, sterilization
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