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   sanitary

   /ˈsanɪt(ə)ri/

   adjective

   • 1. relating to the conditions that affect hygiene and health, especially the supply of sewage facilities and clean drinking water: "a sanitary engineer"
   • ▪ hygienic and clean: "the most convenient and sanitary way to get rid of food waste from your kitchen"

   Word Origin mid 19th century: from French sanitaire, from Latin sanitas ‘health’, from sanus ‘healthy’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. sanitarily adverb
   • 2. sanitariness noun

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