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adjective
- 1. relating to the conditions that affect hygiene and health, especially the supply of sewage facilities and clean drinking water: "a sanitary engineer"
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clean and not dangerous for your health, or protecting health by removing dirt and waste, especially human waste: Cholera thrives in poor sanitary conditions. There were only very basic sanitary facilities on the site. His kitchen didn't look very sanitary (= clean).
The meaning of SANITARY is of or relating to health. How to use sanitary in a sentence.
of or relating to health or the conditions affecting health, especially with reference to cleanliness, precautions against disease, etc. Synonyms: unpolluted, antiseptic, germfree, clean. Antonyms: septic, polluted, unhealthy, unwholesome, unclean. favorable to health; free from dirt, bacteria, etc.: a sanitary washroom.
1. of health or the rules and conditions of health; esp., promoting health and healthful conditions by the elimination of dirt and agents of infection or disease. 2. in a clean, healthy condition; hygienic.
1. Of or relating to health or the protection of health. 2. Free from elements, such as filth or pathogens, that endanger health; hygienic: sanitary conditions for the preparation of food. [French sanitaire, from Latin sānitās, health; see sanity .] san′i·tar′i·ly (-târ′ə-lē) adv.
SANITARY definition: relating to preventing disease by removing dirt and waste: . Learn more.
clean and not dangerous for your health, or protecting health by removing dirt and waste, especially human waste: Cholera thrives in poor sanitary conditions. There were only very basic sanitary facilities on the site. His kitchen didn't look very sanitary (= clean).
