sanitary: Meaning and Definition of

san•i•tar•y

Pronunciation: (san'i-ter"ē), [key]

— adj.

of or pertaining to health or the conditions affecting health, esp. with reference to cleanliness, precautions against disease, etc.
favorable to health; free from dirt, bacteria, etc.: a sanitary washroom.
providing healthy cleanliness: a sanitary wrapper on all sandwiches.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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sanitary (Thesaurus)

sanitarium sanitary belt

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