Sanitary Definition

sănĭ-tĕrē
adjective
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.
Webster's New World
Free from elements, such as filth or pathogens, that endanger health; hygienic.
Sanitary conditions for the preparation of food.
American Heritage Medicine
In a clean, healthy condition; hygienic.
Webster's New World

Clean and free from pathogens; hygienic.

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Origin of Sanitary

  • French sanitaire from Latin sānitās health sanity

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Sanitary Sentence Examples

  • The city is well supplied with water and its sanitary state is good.

  • The sanitary condition is generally bad, and many forms of disease prevail that are not due to the climate.

  • In 1885 the urban sanitary district was erected into a parliamentary borough, returning two members for the northern and southern divisions respectively.

  • The Parkes Museum of the Sanitary Institute is in Margaret Street.

  • In October 1896 the sanitary board census estimated the population as 107,078, of whom 50,907 were Europeans.

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