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san⋅i⋅tar⋅y

  [san-i-ter-ee]
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining to health or the conditions affecting health, esp. with reference to cleanliness, precautions against disease, etc.
2. favorable to health; free from dirt, bacteria, etc.: a sanitary washroom.
3. providing healthy cleanliness: a sanitary wrapper on all sandwiches.
Origin:
1835–45; < L sānit(ās) health (see sanity ) + -ary

Related forms:
san⋅i⋅tar⋅i⋅ly, adverb
san⋅i⋅tar⋅i⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1, 2. clean, germ-free, unpolluted, antiseptic. Sanitary, hygienic agree in being concerned with health. Sanitary refers more especially to conditions affecting health or measures for guarding against infection or disease: to insure sanitary conditions in preparing food. Hygienic is applied to whatever concerns the care of the body and the promotion of health: to live in hygienic surroundings with plenty of fresh air. 2. healthy, salutary.

Antonyms:
1, 2. unclean, unwholesome; unhealthy, polluted, septic.
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Word Origin & History

sanitary 
1842, from Fr. sanitaire (1812), from L. sanitas "health," from sanus "healthy, sane." In ref. to menstrual pads, first attested 1881 (in sanitary towel). Sanitize first recorded 1836; metaphoric sense is from 1934.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: san·i·tary
Pronunciation: 'san-&-"ter-E
Function: adjective
1 : of or relating to health <sanitarymeasures>
2 : of, relating to, or used in the disposal especially of domestic waterborne waste <sanitary sewage>
3 : characterized by orreadily kept in cleanliness <sanitary food handling> —san·i·tari·ly /"san-&-'ter-&-lE/ adverb
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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sanitary san·i·tar·y (sān'ĭ-těr'ē)
adj.

  1. Of or relating to health.

  2. Free from elements, such as filth or pathogens, that endanger health; hygienic.

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